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As Jay Cost notes, there is no canon yet. Self appointed fact checkers are should stay out because the dust hasn't settled yet. There will be a time for historians.
Self appointed fact checking is one of those gray area professions, like social media influencer and aspiring rapper. Why?
The presence of Covid cases in Ohio as early as January means China's wildlife market timeline is wrong. But it's consistent with the October Wuhan lab accident report.

news.com.au/world/coronavi…
cleveland.com/news/2020/05/o…
This is why fact checkers are potentially destructive in a developing situation. They assume facts that are not really in evidence yet.
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Trust is money. It is also power. Recent events may have precipitated not just an economic recession but a trust depression.

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