Fetterman says his early response to covid-19 origin theory 'blinded' by partisan politics
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Fetterman admits partisan politics "blinded" his early read on the lab-leak theory — raising how much ideology shapes what evidence we're willing to see.
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Theory Briefing
- Fetterman now says the lab-leak theory is "more and more emerging" as credible, reversing his earlier dismissal of it.
- He attributes his initial skepticism not to evidence but to partisan political pressure clouding his judgment.
- The origins of COVID-19 remain officially unresolved, making Fetterman's reversal a rare public admission of ideologically driven error.