Four federal agencies consider lab-leak hypothesis for COVID origin, one ranks it "low confidence" spurring WSJ headline

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kj wrote:
What if it did come from the lab? I've seen explanations of why it matters, and it's all pretty academic, but I think some think it would mean more than it actually would.

I agree completely with that sentiment. My interest is the quick and vociferous denial that it could have possibly originated from a lab (or anywhere else) because that means you believe in conspiracy theories. Not true then and not true now. Journalists dropped this story because of the crazies on one side and fear of racially charged insinuations.