The problem here is what does "lab leak" mean. Obviously at its core it means that the virus was stored at the lab and then found its way out somehow. However,

The problem here is what does "lab leak" mean. Obviously at its core it means that the virus was stored at the lab and then found its way out somehow. However, to many people in the world it has other implications. And thus discussion around it needs to be careful. For instance there's an enormous difference between "virus was 100% as found in nature, stored in lab, leaked" and "virus was 100% synthetic, stored in lab, leaked". And of course the real answer in a lab leak scenario is likely somewhere in the middle. But when discussing the matter, one needs to take care to understand what "lab leak" *means* to the people on the other side of the conversation.