There was a âscientific consensus,â they told us.
According to the media and assorted experts, there couldnât be any questioning of the idea that the coronavirus (or SARS-CoV-2) emerged naturally, and anyone suspecting it might have come from a Chinese lab was an ignoramus, conspiracy theorist or hater.
These enforcers believed in the power of the words âscientificâ and âconsensus,â when conjoined and used as a weapon, to shun dissenters and stifle debate.
During much of the pandemic, they were proven right. But the rigid conventional wisdom around the question of the origins of the virus has broken up, and evidence pointing to a lab leak is finally getting the serious consideration it deserves.