> I'd argue that for the current outbreak the origin all but certainly does not matter in terms of steps taken to contain and end the outbreak It would have ma

> I'd argue that for the current outbreak the origin all but certainly does not matter in terms of steps taken to contain and end the outbreak It would have mattered a lot back in early 2020, when the (circumstantial) evidence for the lab leak theory was assembled. And I’m not sure what your point is—are you implying that the world is incapable of both handling the pandemic and investigating its origins simultaneously? Like, we are going to get collectively distracted or something? No—investigate the origins now. This is not something to delay on.