If they made it in a lab, they would have samples of the intermediary steps. They could use one of those to infect a bat or pangolin and then claim to have proo

If they made it in a lab, they would have samples of the intermediary steps. They could use one of those to infect a bat or pangolin and then claim to have proof of zoonotic origin. The “why wouldn’t you do everything possible to exonerate yourself” line of thinking is problematic