I generally agree, but would note that the WIV worked with novel natural or synthetic bat-origin viruses at BSL-2 or -3, mostly not BSL-4. From an interview wit

I generally agree, but would note that the WIV worked with novel natural or synthetic bat-origin viruses at BSL-2 or -3, mostly not BSL-4. From an interview with Dr. Shi: > A: The coronavirus research in our laboratory is conducted in BSL-2 or BSL-3 laboratories. [...] https://web.archive.org/web/20210727042832/https://www.sciencemag.org/sites/default/files/Shi%20Zhengli%20Q%26A.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20210727042832/https://www.scien...