We’ve all heard the stories about how governments and media organizations have been trying to keep certain theories about the origins of COVID-19 from reaching the public. But what if I told you that this isn’t just a conspiracy theory?
I’m sure you already knew that. What if I said that evidence suggests that the virus may have originated in a laboratory, instead of through natural causes?
This theory is known as the “lab leak theory”, and it has been met with intense backlash from many in media and academia who believe it carries an anti-Chinese sentiment. Even President Joe Biden was quick to label anyone raising these questions as engaging in “fanning racism.”
But recent evidence from within our own government, including reports from the Energy Department and members of Congress such as Senator Tom Cotton (R., Ark) suggests that this lab leak theory should not be dismissed out of hand. In fact, former New York Times science editor Nicholas Wade criticized his colleagues for ignoring obvious evidence of a lab leak and Chinese efforts to cover it up.
What’s worse is that these voices were silenced or dismissed as racist or politically motivated for raising their concerns about this possibility. And now, a recent investigative report by The Wall Street Journal concluded that the virus was indeed leaked from a lab – yet their previous doubt on the topic had already gone largely unnoticed due to censorship efforts.
It appears then that those who dared to question official narratives were silenced by an unjust pro-censorship mob willing to label any dissenting opinion as “conspiracy theorizing,” “racist,” or both – all without providing any scientific evidence whatsoever. This lack of open dialogue only serves to further divide our country along ideological lines instead of helping us reach consensus on important issues like how best to respond to this global pandemic.
That’s why we must never forget what happened here – we must remember so it never happens again!
We need answers from our elected officials about why they chose censorship over dialogue when discussing something as serious as COVID-19, and push them hard on why they allowed biased views from certain publications, academics, and organizations go unchallenged while silencing those with opposing opinions.