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Comment by NikolaeVarius | Hacker News Reader

I remember reading articles that claimed that the China leak theory was racist against Asians and was dangerous because it would cause violence against asians.

It was so incredibly stupid

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It does cause violence against Asians. It adds fuel to the increasing hostility and violence that Asian communities have been experiencing ever since the outbreak began. This is the case regardless of whether or not any such theory is true, so that claim isn't incredibly stupid at all.

Do you have studies you can link? Are they credible? Information is subjective.

I don't know what you consider credible, so feel free to do your own Googling. Since it's a widely reported on phenomenon, you'll find plenty of sources to choose from, and you can judge for yourself.

Also, don't keep pasting the phrase "information is subjective" into your comments, it's giving the game away.

So in your opinion then, if it were to be true, should the facts be covered up in order to prevent more hypothetical violence? I’m confused about this line of thinking.

I'm not stating an opinion on that one way or the other, only on the claim that the lab leak theory doesn't lead to violence against Asians, when increased violence against any group associated with an outbreak is common. Asians face it a lot, but gay people faced it during the AIDS crisis and Black people during Ebola.

It's not an opinion of mine, it's a well documented phenomenon[0].

[0]https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/covid-19-has-led-to-an-...

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