It's forever going to confound me how early on in this so many were certain that the lab leak hypothesis was a "conspiracy theory" or had been "debunked by the 'experts'". We still don't have any actual data from the lab? It's a tremendous indictment of the journalist class that this happened, since knowing the point of origin - be it natural or a lab accident or something else - has tremendous scientific value. If it was natural that tells us something, just as a lab leak would tell us about the risks and value of that kind of research. It's an awful example of the continued hijacking of scientific inquiry to drive what are many times partisan political objectives (not offending China, making Trump look stupid). I honestly want to know what changed so suddenly such that it's now okay to discuss the lab leak hypothesis in polite company.