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COVID-19 has seen its share of protest and political theater—like one in London on August 9, 2020, to call attention to Brazil, a country also subject to conspiracy theories over the virus' origins. The photo shows a crowd of performance artists demonstrating with costumes and fake blood splashed everywhere. REUTERS/John Sibley

How the Origins of COVID-19 Became Politicized

by Yanzhong Huang

Where the coronavirus came from is no longer a scientific question—thanks to narrative spin, agendas, and misinformation