A recent NYT article says that over 50% of the American population believes Covid was leaked from a lab in China. Meanwhile, among experts, less than 5% give credence to that origin theory. The overwhelming consensus is the virus evolved naturally in the wild. You could ask why the difference in opinion between the public and experts? Part of it is the subject is incredibly complicated and reading the data requires knowledge at the PhD level. The other part is people's desire to make China the villain in a morality play. Also, the media megaphone is being used by those who prefer the later narrative. Anytime the evidence gets in the way of a good story...
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