Holman Jenkins at WSJ has long been this really based, really badass dude. Appreciate his columns.
Scientists who, in 1978, quickly concluded the previous year’s global flu pandemic originated in a lab leak in China or Russia chose not to advertise their findings. Their overriding priority: protect diplomatic relations with Russia and China.
Pretty unbelievable. I think we'll look back at the Covid hysteria era akin to the great conspiracies of the past.(or even Germany's extermination camps).. and everyone will look incredulously at each other, laugh and shake their heads and think "huh, how could that have happened... odd: also, what's for lunch?"