Eh, I wouldn’t be so quick to dismiss it. One analogy I heard recently is that lots of people get covered in paint worldwide, but if you see 10 people covered

Eh, I wouldn’t be so quick to dismiss it. One analogy I heard recently is that lots of people get covered in paint worldwide, but if you see 10 people covered in paint right next to the dulux paint factory, you should probably consider the likelihood it came from there, even if the paint factory denies it. Let’s not forget that we are talking about the outbreak being right next to a lab which was known to have inadequate safety precautions which was trying to make bat coronaviruses jump species. We are also talking about a strain that, if it began in a lab with inadequate safety standards, could have very easily escaped due to its high infectiousness and low detectability due to asymptomatic carriers. Might we find it in a cave? Of course. Might we find it started in WIV? Of course. The only people I personally think are silly are people that outright dismiss either option.