Thread by @BretWeinstein

The race is on to immunize the corrupt people and institutions that got the COVID's origin question upside down. @davidfrum pins the fault squarely on Trump who (violating the rules by being closer to right) forced the inherently good/correct people to double down on being wrong.

https://twitter.com/davidfrum/status/1394646108962500608

The most maddening thing about attempts to fictionalize the history is the way they assert: those investigating and publicizing the lab leak hypothesis were all Trump supporters pushing a wild eyed version of the "theory" until Nicholas Wade opened our eyes to the sober version

There's a hint of what likely happened in this. The establishment and their sources ignored the discussion (because they had higher priorities than their official titles imply) until Wade, Baltimore and Baric forced them awake. What occurred as they slept is taken as immaterial.

The truth: while the gatekeepers slept, a number of scientific sleuths including @Ayjchan, @Rossana38510044, @ydeigin, #DRASTIC, dug up evidence and debated its implications. A few brave journalists (e.g. @mattwridley, @nicholsonbaker8, @joshrogin) endured the stigma to report...

.@joerogan, @billmaher and Steve Hilton all faced vile accusations. @HeatherEHeying and I played an important dual role here as well.

There is a real history. And there are real lessons to learn. We must not allow the Too Big to Fail mentality to script us back to "normal".

Those who got it wrong are not the authorities on what happened.

These threads are hard to write because of all the people who should be included. I know I left out @BillyBostickson, @TheSeeker268, @Harvard2H, @jjcouey, @EricRWeinstein, @TuckerCarlson, many others.
It would be great if whoever did finally write up a proper summary got them all

no excuse for forgetting @R_H_Ebright, @esaagar, @krystalball...