They Knew. They All Knew.

It is now just about universally acknowledged that the covid-19 virus escaped from the Wuhan Institute of Virology, where gain of function research was being conducted with the support of the U.S. government. This was vociferously denied for years by Western governments, apparently because they were afraid to cross the Chinese Communist Party. But it came out a few days ago that Germany knew all along that covid-19 was a lab leak.

Now, it’s the U.K.:

The former head of the UK’s foreign intelligence agency, MI6, told Boris Johnson in early 2020 that the Covid virus escaped from the Wuhan lab. That means that the US, UK, Chinese, & German governments all knew the truth, covered it up, and spread disinformation. Case closed. https://t.co/XVngt0mOdD pic.twitter.com/kk4WOEVDnT

— Michael Shellenberger (@shellenberger) March 16, 2025

So basically, everyone in power knew all along that the Chinese Communist Party was responsible for the covid-19 epidemic, perhaps with an assist from Anthony Fauci’s NAIA, which funded gain of function research in Wuhan, despite Fauci’s later, desperate denials.

So whoever believed government assurances about the genesis of covid in 2020 and thereafter was a sucker. This goes, too, for those who believed government claims that it was unsafe to gather in public (unless you were a George Floyd protester), that masks would prevent covid from spreading, that it wouldn’t hurt to shut down schools, businesses and churches, that vaccination would prevent you from getting or spreading the disease, and so on.

Democrats wonder: why doesn’t anyone trust the government anymore? It is because our government, along with others, has lied persistently across a broad range of issues, and has now been found out. When you lie, and are caught lying, people don’t tend to trust you. This apparently comes as a surprise to the Democratic Party.