Since 2018, Democratic members of Congress, experts, and think tanks including the Aspen Institute have urged social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter…
Had more experienced science writers written or edited the Times and Post stories, they might have noted that the original Lancet letter was not a peer-reviewed scientific study but rather a political statement replete with exhortations. “We sign this statement in solidarity with all the scientists and health professionals in China who continue to save lives and protect global health,” they wrote.
“Disinformation” may seem like a strong word to describe Daszak’s behavior, but it’s not. UNESCO and other institutions define disinformation as intentionally misleading misinformation. Daszak, the Wuhan Institute of Virology, and perhaps many other people clearly intended to mislead when they spread the false information that the lab leak theory had been debunked and that it was merely a folk “conspiracy theory” rather than a scientific one that had been raised as a concern since at least 2015.
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