More than a year after the outbreak spread across — and upended — the world, we still do not have a firm answer. And with cases and deaths on the decline in the US, the topic is back in the spotlight. Some of the criticism about journalists rejecting the lab leak theory out of hand is fair. >> Tablet Mag's Noam Blum points out : "The damage from this goes beyond the lab leak debate. Related reads-- The Atlantic's Daniel Engber writes the shift in public thinking about the lab leak theory is "all the more remarkable for its lack of any major associated revelations."

Source: CNN May 27, 2021 17:03 UTC