The Last Word

The conspiracy theorists were right once again:

In support of the "lab leak" theory, the report said the subcommittee learned that the virus had a biological characteristic that is not found in nature and that data showed all COVID-19 cases stemming from a single introduction to humans. "By nearly all measures of science, if there was evidence of a natural origin it would have already surfaced," the report says. The report also noted that China’s foremost SARS research lab is in Wuhan, "which has a history of conducting gain-of-function research at inadequate biosafety levels," and that researchers at the lab "were sick with a COVID-like virus in the fall of 2019, months before COVID-19 was discovered at the wet market." Initial rumors swirled at the beginning of the pandemic that China’s wet markets, which are known for selling meat, fish, produce and exotic animals in unsanitary conditions, were the origin of the virus. The report stated there was "no conclusive evidence" that wearing masks protected Americans from COVID-19. The report also found that social distancing "was not based on science."

Much of what we were told wasn't...