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How the Media Failed Its COVID Test: The Truth Behind the Lab Leak and Masking Debates
Plain English with Derek Thompson
Doing Science Properly Is Really, Really Difficult
Doing science properly is really, really difficult. There are lots of things you can get wrong. When you have a highly politicized topic like masking, the world is always just going to be flooded with bullshit. It's hard for scientists in 2020 to say that actually maybe this pandemic started because of scientists making a mistake. That might have been a hard thing for some people to admit.
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