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> There were tons of articles and threads on [the lab leak theory] everywhere including HN

Until relatively recently lab leak discussion was censored from Twitter and Facebook. I didn't see much of it in the period Feb 2020 - May 2021.

> On the media 'not taking it seriously' - because there was no evidence whatsoever outside of conjecture

There was no brilliant evidence for any source of the coronavirus. Regardless of that, the idea of a lab leak was quickly ruled out and that was unjustified.

I think the problem for the media was that a controversial American president publicly endorsed the lab leak theory, as it supported his broader agenda, and that made people in the media prefer to disbelieve it, even to wrongly suggest that it was not credible. In short: bias.

>>calpat+(OP)
I came across this article on Twitter about the lab leak hypothesis back in September 2020. The scientist in the article also was actively tweeting about the theory, she was definitely not being censored.

https://www.bostonmagazine.com/news/2020/09/09/alina-chan-br...