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The New York Times’ Shameful Mea Culpa on the Lab Leak Theory

The New York Times’ mea culpa about how “we” were misled about the lab leak theory and much else during the COVID lockdowns is a day late, a dollar short, and outright insulting to the people who were right from the beginning.

The New York Times published a piece Sunday written by columnist Zeynep Tufekci titled “We Were Badly Misled About the Event That Changed Our Lives.” She began her story explaining that the 1977 Russian flu was likely sparked by a laboratory mishap but scientists who were aware of it kept quiet to avoid “ruffling feathers.”

“Yet, in 2020, when people started speculating that a laboratory accident might have been the spark that started the COVID-19 pandemic, they were treated like kooks and cranks,” she wrote.

Yes, that’s right. I remember. I remember how media outlets like, let’s say, The New York Times, ran story after…

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