Thread by @SenTomCotton

Yet another article by the @washingtonpost that claims there’s “no evidence” China virus came from a lab in Wuhan.

washingtonpost.com/national-secur…

The article downplays a growing body of circumstantial evidence pointing to the Wuhan labs. It even fails to mention some of the best reporting on this issue by none other than… the Washington Post.

washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/…

The article tries to cast doubt on the lab theory, but there’s even less evidence for competing theories.

We know the virus didn’t originate in that seafood market. As one expert said: “the virus came into the market before it came out of the market.”

thelancet.com/journals/lance…

The article also relies on praise from U.S. scientists who worked closely with researchers at the Wuhan Institute of Virology, as if this clears the lab of any suspicion.

While I understand that scientists wish to defend their colleagues (and their funding), human error regularly causes lab accidents. For example:

the-scientist.com/news-analysis/…

The article quotes an analyst: “Did it come from a market? Did it come from a lab? We just don’t know.’

I can only wonder how WaPo concluded from this that the lab-accident theory is “doubtful.” It’s not “doubtful” for WaPo. It’s politically inconvenient.

China is now cracking down on academic papers and reporting about the virus's origins.

Maybe the Post should look into the issue instead of repeating the Communist Party line.

theguardian.com/world/2020/apr…