A New York Times science and health reporter tweeted Wednesday the "lab leak" coronavirus theory had "racist roots" and was not "plausible." Apoorva Mandavilli, who covers coronavirus stories for the newspaper, tweeted, "Someday we will stop talking about the lab leak theory and maybe even admit its racist roots. "A theory can have racist roots and still gather reasonable supporters along the way," she wrote to a critic of her original point. Former New York Times health reporter Donald McNeil wrote last week that the theory had become "considerably stronger" over the past year. The Washington Post, which repeatedly mocked Cotton, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and others last year for espousing the lab theory, published a fact-check timeline Wednesday declaring the lab theory was "suddenly" credible.

Source: Fox News May 26, 2021 19:44 UTC