Jeff Smith
A new scientific report on the origins of COVID-19 has renewed debate on exactly what caused the deadliest event of the 21st century. It is the latest in a string of academic papers by a small group of elite scientists arguing that the pandemic was the result of a “natural spillover” event. And like each of its predecessors, the report’s underlying data and conclusions are quickly being debunked by more objective scientists.
However, the purpose of the report was likely not to convince but to distract; a ruse to throw off the scent. It was necessary because a growing body of experts and everyday Americans are increasingly convinced by the growing body of evidence that the COVID-19 pandemic was not the product of a natural spillover event but a lab leak from the Wuhan Institute of Virology.
Arguing over the possibility of a natural spillover also distracts from another important question : What part did the U.S. government play in obscuring the origin of the virus?
We have more answers today, thanks to a bipartisan commission organized by the Heritage Foundation, which released a damning report last summer quantifying the full cost of the pandemic. Not only did the pandemic kill over 28 million people worldwide and 1.1 million Americans, it cost the U.S. economy alone $18 trillion in terms of “excess deaths,” income lost, chronic conditions like Long COVID, mental health costs, and education losses.
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