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by ftxbro 1008 days ago
Maybe he had the same attitude on covid origins. The origin doesn't matter for mitigating the pandemic and it's better for NIH and international relations if it comes from only a bat and not any lab. This is what public officials do because perfect is the enemy of good. Ideally he probably wanted 100% truth but if he could get 70% truth and everyone is on the same page, so much the better.