How Politics Shaped the Battle Over Covid’s Origin

New York Times: “The story of the hunt for Covid’s origin is partly about the stonewalling by China that has left scientists with incomplete evidence, all of it about a virus that is constantly changing. … But the story is also about politics and how both Democrats and Republicans have filtered the available evidence through their partisan lenses.”

“The intense political debate, now in its fourth year, has at times turned scientists into lobbyists, competing for policymakers’ time and favor.”