Monday, August 5, 2024

How conspiracy theories like COVID-19 “lab leak” harm science and public health

Ever since COVID-19 first emerged in 2020, evidence-free claims that it had arisen due to a "lab leak" have proliferated. A recent paper argues that this conspiracy theory has been very harmful to science. I argue that it's more than just lab leak that is harmful.

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