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Additionally:

1. There wasn't a consensus, some scientists disagreed

2. A natural virus can leak from a lab

Also, a reminder that biosecurity incidents are common, there were about 17 in the last decade [0]. Just (natural) SARS-CoV-1 leaked from the lab 4 times [1].

[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_laboratory_biosecurity...

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Severe_acute_respiratory_syndr...

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> 1. There wasn't a consensus, some scientists disagreed

Consensus means "general agreement", it doesn't mean unanimous.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/consensus

There wasn't general agreement either. There was a propaganda piece architected by Peter Daszak (Leader of EcoHealth Alliance, who Fauci's NIAID contracted with for gain-of-function research at WIV after Obama banned it), signed by a few scientists, and The Lancet published. The "general agreement" many folks may be thinking of is the general agreement amongst mainstream and social media that a lab leak shouldn't even be investigated and anybody that suggested doing so was a maniac.

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