Even today, you're not supposed to say that - even though it's the only plausible scenario. No, 'fact checkers' will rush in to claim that eminent scientists deny this. Which is because those scientists have too much invested - in money, in time, in their own beliefs - to admit the truth.
All signs point to a lab leak. The only reason we can't say it conclusively is because China has been allowed to destroy all evidence.
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