The only sources that were not actively silenced until fairly recently were in line with fauci's "science", not the scientific method. It's confirmation bias and nothing else tbh.

> Dead wrong. Surgical masks help. Social distancing helps. Vaccines help. All reduce R_0.

Every single one of those was overhyped, which led to people believing that they couldn't spread it. "Pandemic of the unvaccinated" over and over, scraps of fabric stop saliva but it's fucking airborne. Social distancing does jack shit, and those screens they put up decrease ventilation which would've helped the air quality/viral density a lot more.

Also vaccinating the non high risks is like when they were throwing antibiotics at everyone. It causes them to evolve to overcome the threat, and those "superviruses" will kill more high risk people who become infected. And that's without even factoring in the myriad of very common side effects from the experimental clot shots.

> Though, as you point out, there's been a consistent source of people willing to spread it, antivaxxers, antimaskers, and covidiots who "refuse to comply" to social distancing measures.

The politicians and big pharma caused that to skyrocket, and partisans caused that sentiment to spread even further.

> Covid is not a lableak, either.

Technically two lab leaks, the 2nd was a fuck up of an emergency vaccine that china was trying to develop to limit the damage from the first release in ~November. It was funded by america, and a lot of the sources you believe are gospel were heavily financially invested in it. It's no longer a "conspiracy theory" btw.

> We ARE going to stop covid and this is not up for debate.

We can't even stop the flu or common cold, let alone a bioweapon lol

> I live in canada, that part is irrelevant here.

You don't think big pharma has an influence on you because you're not in america? Lol ok. They're all fucking corrupt, the non sociopaths are weeded out like with the police and politicians, they do not care about people only profits. They make more money by treating symptoms than causes, they are financially encouraged for more people to suffer and die.