> I'd like for someone to throughly research and write about how it became taboo to discuss the virus leak theory
It was politicized.
At the same time, it was a "theory" based on little to no evidence early on. Rather than let scientists work through and figure things out, people were shouting it through the roof as if it was confirmed. Basically, it was an answer in search of evidence, rather than using the evidence to direct the answer.
There was a lot of pushback against that sort of talk, especially here.
Couple that with a divisive administration here in the US that caused confusion and chaos, there was little to no hope for it being anything other than taboo.
It was politicized.
At the same time, it was a "theory" based on little to no evidence early on. Rather than let scientists work through and figure things out, people were shouting it through the roof as if it was confirmed. Basically, it was an answer in search of evidence, rather than using the evidence to direct the answer.
There was a lot of pushback against that sort of talk, especially here.
Couple that with a divisive administration here in the US that caused confusion and chaos, there was little to no hope for it being anything other than taboo.