> If scientists had deliberately engineered this virus, they wouldn't have chosen mutations that computer models suggest won't work. I'm not addressing the who

> If scientists had deliberately engineered this virus, they wouldn't have chosen mutations that computer models suggest won't work. I'm not addressing the whole SARS-CoV-2 story but just this sentence. That seems like an incredibly naive view of "scientists". If you're trying to engineer a virus, erasing your traces is the most important thing. Testing things rejected by computer models in hope of finding one that works and thus would lead to skeptism in the scientific community could be a way to erase your traces.