Opinion“I am of the point of view, I still think the most likely etiology of this pathogen in Wuhan was from a laboratory, escaped. Other people don’t believe that. That’s fine, science will eventually figure it out.”Those are the words of Dr. Robert Redfield; An opinion, by his description, that caught fire quickly and became a major news story.“It’s not unusual for respiratory pathogens that are being worked on in a laboratory to infect the laboratory worker,” said Redfield to CNN, a factual observation relating to his field of expertise.Wuhan is a widely known center for viral studies in...…Opinion“I am of the point of view, I still think the most likely etiology of this pathogen in Wuhan was from a laboratory, escaped. Other people don’t believe that. That’s fine, science will eventually figure it out.”Those are the words of Dr. Robert Redfield; An opinion, by his description, that caught fire quickly and became a major news story.“It’s not unusual for respiratory pathogens that are being worked on in a laboratory to infect the laboratory worker,” said Redfield to CNN, a factual observation relating to his field of expertise.Wuhan is a widely known center for viral studies in...WW…

Some stories are just too strange, and too much a part of our shabby zeitgeist, to ever hope or expect that they won’t become the subject of widespread mocking, meme-ing, jokes, and of course, outrage. Such is the case with the bizarre Marjorie Taylor Greene story the Daily Mail dropped on Twitter like a nuke on Thursday.The story? It’s tabloid gossip pretending at global breaking news, and is almost too strange to encapsulate. Or at least, to encapsulate twice, so just reference the Tweet that launched a thousand reactions:EXCLUSIVE: Embattled QAnon congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene...…Some stories are just too strange, and too much a part of our shabby zeitgeist, to ever hope or expect that they won’t become the subject of widespread mocking, meme-ing, jokes, and of course, outrage. Such is the case with the bizarre Marjorie Taylor Greene story the Daily Mail dropped on Twitter like a nuke on Thursday.The story? It’s tabloid gossip pretending at global breaking news, and is almost too strange to encapsulate. Or at least, to encapsulate twice, so just reference the Tweet that launched a thousand reactions:EXCLUSIVE: Embattled QAnon congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene...WW…