This is not at all what happened. This article has a good overview of the shifting narrative. The initial position was that it was crazy to even consider a lab

This is not at all what happened. This article has a good overview of the shifting narrative. The initial position was that it was crazy to even consider a lab leak. https://www.slowboring.com/p/the-medias-lab-leak-fiasco https://www.slowboring.com/p/the-medias-lab-leak-fiasco