Most people pushing alternative explanations claimed that COVID was genetically engineered or made much more powerful by gain-of-function research. The idea of

Most people pushing alternative explanations claimed that COVID was genetically engineered or made much more powerful by gain-of-function research. The idea of it being a natural sample leaked in a lab accident has always been recognized as possible, but most of the self-styled freethinkers never really picked it up because it didn’t shift the blame for a poor response away from the President they backed, and the lack of supporting evidence means most of the people for whom it isn’t a political issue are no longer talking about it because there isn’t much to talk about unless new evidence emerges.