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The scientific community already did converge on agreement as to the probable source

And by "scientific community", I'm specifically referring to the experts in the field of virology, and reputable peer reviewed research. Not scientists in other fields speculating on topics they are not experts in, or a journalist writing for the doomsday clockers.

This is just like global warming. The subject matter experts who actually study the climate for a living came up with a consensus opinion on the most likely cause. But lots of people didn't like the answer, and they included people who had scientific backgrounds but weren't experts in this particular field. So we saw lots and lots of scientific-sounding but wrong arguments against anthropogenic climate change that had to be refuted again and again over a decade or so, before we finally got to the point of general acceptance.

A similar thing happened after the WTC attacks. The credible subject matter experts came to their conclusion fairly early and there was a thorough investigation by the 9/11 commission, but there were plenty of people with scientific or technical backgrounds who wanted to advance the idea that it was an inside job. They spread uncertainty and doubt with technical-sounding but wrong arguments that were good enough to appeal to laypersons who wanted to believe an alternative hypothesis.

It's like deja vu with the SARS-CoV-2 origin theories. For now, the consensus of experts is that the virus is probably of natural origin, and probably got into the human population via accidental lab escape or human/animal contact such as a wet market. And there is no chance of any further forensic analysis without Chinese government cooperation, which isn't going to happen.



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