Yeah it seems that they could have been sick with anything. They could even have been sick because of what they were working on. There's no mention of how often

Yeah it seems that they could have been sick with anything. They could even have been sick because of what they were working on. There's no mention of how often people get sick in the lab. Like maybe people were sick in September and May and February with "covid like symptoms" because they do research on covid-like viruses. It's a pretty specious line of reasoning to say that the fact some people were sick with "covid like symtpoms" (which are basically "flu like symptoms" for many) points to them being "patients zero". Also the State Department release they link to is complaining about China's secrecy but leads by saying they don't know.