> The whole world, China included, needs a hard answer, whoever is to blame — so we can prevent this from happening again. Really? Is that what will happen if

> The whole world, China included, needs a hard answer, whoever is to blame — so we can prevent this from happening again. Really? Is that what will happen if someone confirms the lab leak theory? We just tighten bio security in labs and off we go, back to normal? Don’t make me laugh. This isn’t about science any more, it’s about playing the blame game and deflecting responsibility for a massive public health disaster by an administration that lacked competence to deal with it. It would be economically catastrophic for China to admit any evidence that implicated them. So... given the overwhelming cost of releasing evidence, what the hell benefit is there from pinpointing blame? Restore trust? It’ll only cost you trillions of dollars in blame and finger pointing... yeah right. That is never going to happen. So... we’ll never know. Attempts to resolve this haven’t convinced me that the effort is not better spent trying resolve the current situation, rather than blame someone else for it. Am I missing something? Seriously, given how plausible either animal or lab leak scenarios are, we are required to address both to prevent future pandemics. How does knowing one way or another help?