I understand that this type of discourse is par for the course on Twitter and Facebook, but please don't track it in here. Because you asked, the expert consen

I understand that this type of discourse is par for the course on Twitter and Facebook, but please don't track it in here. Because you asked, the expert consensus at the time was that it was highly improbable that the virus was of lab origin: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-020-0820-9 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-020-0820-9 While you're right that laypeople in media and on twitter indulge in absolutes and sensationalism, the science seemed to be carried out appropriately. So if knocking over straw men is your thing, twitter is the more appropriate venue.