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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Can someone explain to me why it mattered AT THE TIME?
How would knowing how the virus appeared  help Americans in spring of 2020?
How was that a good use of time and resources? [/quote]

We wouldn’t have wasted precious public health resources trying to find an animal reservoir that didn’t exist, we would have substantial international pressure against China who at the time was blocking WHO and other independent investigators from accessing the lab, and more importantly we wouldn’t have had so much damage in trust for the public health and government institutions who were shutting down debate about this despite the obvious signs. People aren’t stupid and suspected a lab leak from the beginning but the way the health experts were reflexively saying it was a conspiracy theory was extremely damaging to the public trust.

Yes, it matters. Even now.[/quote]

I fundamentally agree with this and am so frustrated and angered about the reflexive, defensive postures even 4 years out. I know I’ll get mocked but I am a lifelong progressive Democratic voter and supporter. Understanding what actually transpired can help the populace who, like me, are by and large not scientists, understand what’s meant by gain of function research, what’s potentially at stake when federal funds are distributed to researchers who accept without critique and collaborate with foreign labs conducting research without adequate biosafery measures. It can help those who, like me, lost a grandparent to COVID before vaccination was available, put some of those emotions permanently to bed. It doesn’t increase the likelihood that I wake up tomorrow a right-wing xenophobe, nor wipe my memory of Kushner calling the pandemic a blue-state issue, nor alter my recall of the varied lies Trump told. It still matters, and I praise and am grateful to Dr. Chan for her op-Ed. I have more to say when I can organize and settle my thoughts.[/quote]

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