Opinion

The Wuhan lab-leak theory is in the news, but it's still fact-free

By Michael Hiltzik
Updated September 2 2021 - 9:39pm, first published June 12 2021 - 5:25am
Republican US senators Ron Johnson, Roger Wicker, Marsha Blackburn and Mike Braun claim companies like Facebook have censored information on the origin of the coronavirus, including the possibility of it leaking from a laboratory in Wuhan. Picture: Getty Images
Republican US senators Ron Johnson, Roger Wicker, Marsha Blackburn and Mike Braun claim companies like Facebook have censored information on the origin of the coronavirus, including the possibility of it leaking from a laboratory in Wuhan. Picture: Getty Images

A corollary to the scientific truism that "nature abhors a vacuum" is that nature tends to fill the void with any garbage near at hand.

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