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		Manjuuu on June 12, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Inside the Wuhan lab weeks before Covid Yeah, the handling was not great but sadly I'm not really sure if the population was ready for detailed debate, considering that a good chunk of it ended up misunderstanding most of the official notices and falling for the most stupid conspiracy theories. We need to improve education, by A LOT. And it's everyone responsibility.

brutusborn on June 12, 2023 [–]

That attitude is what got us into this low-trust mess. It should not be up to the government to determine what debate the public is ready for.

The debate will occur anyway, so if you try to suppress it, you just push it into the depths of the internet with all the associated downside.

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