For the podcast this week, we discuss an article which outlines the Lancet’s recent change on the origin of the Covid-19 virus. It now believes it’s okay to discuss the lab leak theory. This theory states that the Covid virus was man made and was leaked from a lab in China. We chose this article specifically to talk about censorship in the scientific community and to talk about who “fact checks” the fact checkers. 

This is extremely important because in order for the scientific community to make any real differences, it has to be able to challenge the current dogma without fear of being “canceled” or dismissed as a conspiracy theorist. But, the current academic climate doesn’t allow any opinions that aren’t in line with the popular narrative to gain any traction, even if that opinion is backed up with strong science. To learn more about why this current climate is causing issues and why the “fact checkers” need to be checked themselves, listen to this week’s podcast.