I wasn't arguing not to investigate. I don't think there's a good reason to say with certainty that it shouldn't be looked into. What happened is that (I think

I wasn't arguing not to investigate. I don't think there's a good reason to say with certainty that it shouldn't be looked into. What happened is that (I think) I misinterpreted this statement: > Or would you take it as pure coincidence that the first truly global pandemic in however many decades you'd like just happened to be lab made? Upon re-reading, it seems you're saying that if this virus turned out to be lab-made, this fact might have something to do with it becoming a global pandemic (through an increased probability of spreading worldwide). Whereas you're not saying that the fact that this became a global pandemic indicates that it is lab-made, which is how I misinterpreted it initially.