In September, two major news networks investigated a key question: What happened in Wuhan?

A much hyped pay-to-watch documentary on Sky News Australia promised "Explosive revelations about the origins of COVID-19." CNN aired a rival investigation called "The Origins of COVID-19: Searching for the Source."

People in the United States are frightened and divided about COVID-19. Many fear their own government more than the coronavirus. They see conspiracies everywhere. Personal hunches are just as important as scientific evidence. Neither of these documentaries offer a scrap of evidence that COVID-19 leaked from a lab. Yet both hint the question is somehow unsettled – and China is to blame. 

The United States today is infected with partisan politics. But all sides agree on one thing: even if there is no evidence, China must be somehow to blame for everything.