This whole thing is bizarre. Basically, a bunch of highly respected scientists and publications went crazy and pushed a narrative that now seems like pure propaganda. The so-called lab leak, which was initially dismissed as a "conspiracy theory," is looking more and more like a real possibility—and a lot of powerful people knew it from the start.

The craziest part? Two scientific papers screwed everything up. They basically convinced the entire world (politicians, the media, other scientists) that a lab leak was impossible. But now we know those studies were done by people with conflicts of interest and, even worse, they KNEW they were misleading everyone.

So the question is: why the hell did they do this? Fear of backlash? Protecting political or financial interests? Or was it just the classic arrogance of "I'm an expert, shut up and trust me"?

And let’s not even get started on how questioning this was labeled as "racist" or a "conspiracy theory" at the time. Like, how was it so absurd to think that a highly contagious virus might have come from the institute that studied... highly contagious viruses?

In the end, the government and the "experts" screwed up big time in a lot of ways: closing schools unnecessarily, vaccinating kids without enough evidence, messing up the mask strategy, and so on. Now, over time, a lot of what was called "misinformation" is turning out to be true.

Always be skeptical when someone says, "The science is settled" and tells you to shut up. Real science isn’t done through censorship.