I think the lab-origin conspriracy has always been traced to ulterior motives of China. Anytime I had previously heard the lab-origin story, it had to do with the chinese government creating COVID-19 virus. Then, it either knowingly spread it around the globe or unknowingly had it spread.
The argument against that was always that the virus did not have the characteristics of a man-made virus. It's characteristics are similar to other naturally-occurring coronaviruses.
If the idea is now bring pushed that the lab was part of the outbreak due to the study of a naturally occurring virus that was unknowingly released due to unsanitary conditions in the lab or improper safety/sanitary conditions, then that certainly seems plausible.
|