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If it had been a lab leak, how would that change the behaviors that everyday people would have had to take? The social distancing, masking, handwashing, quarantining would have all been identical.

If Joe Bloggs didn't die peacefully in his sleep as we were initially told but had in fact been murdered, how would that change where we buried him?

It wouldn't change where we buried him at all, but it would materially change many other things, at least in the minds of people opposed to murder.

Maybe it wouldn't change general hygienic practices, but it might have a impact on voting preferences to find out who was funding the research that led to the creation of the virus and the leak.

Huh? What person fixated on lab leak claims would have changed their voting behavior?

I mean, people did try to discuss it. YouTube and Facebook actually deleted content discussing it, in possibly the most blatant act of political censorship in recent memory in this country, and barely anyone knows that.

Not that the US government has any credibility left after current admin, but the statements in here are factual, they really did take down youtube videos that were speculating about lab leak. I saw it happen.

https://judiciary.house.gov/media/press-releases/google-admi...

That whole timespan… the absolute nonsense the “trusted media” and their “experts” were pushing with nary a single trace of critical thinking absolutely boggles the mind. How about PCR test results, “opening dates”, death counts, the almost intentional mixing of terms like IFR vs CFR, etc. the list goes on and on and on.

The media is absolutely just state propaganda.

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