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Jon Stewart On Vaccine Science And The Wuhan Lab Theory

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert · 8.6M views · 2021-06-15 · 8:38

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Jon Stewart appears on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and discusses the pandemic, vaccine science and the Wuhan lab origin theory. He jokes that the disease shares its name with the lab.

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HN posts it in COVID origin threads as a blunt comedic take on why the lab leak question deserved investigation rather than dismissal.

Recommended by 2 HN people across 3 months · HN mentions 2021–2024

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khazhoux · 2022-01 · Strong recommendation

Jon Stewart's take is brilliant: [VIDEO] > "The name of the disease is printed on the lab's business cards!!" But the reason the Left in the US couldn't even consider Wuhan as the source, is because the Right (well, Trump himself) wanted to say that because it was " Chi na's fault", that his Administration bore no responsibility for dealing with it.

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cypherg · 2023-03 · Recommendation

Seems rather insane to me to "not care" about the origins if we all intend on preventing this in the future. Each origin hypothesis has vastly different implications - incredibly vast. I'm shocked that this article didn't discuss the Biosaftey Level of the WIV or the many, many, MANY, other lab leaks from labs with even stricter BSL. The ever avuncular Jon Stuart said it well two years ago: [VIDEO]

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khazhoux · 2023-02 · Recommendation

Yes, somehow it is considered racist and sinophobic to ask if the coronavirus outbreak that originated in Wuhan, might possibly be related to the coronavirus research center in Wuhan. Jon Stewart says it best: [VIDEO]

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