Look, this is simple: the lab leak theory shouldn't be discounted until the WHO or some independent body does their due diligence on, at an absolute minimum, these points:
1. Account for what coronaviruses Wuhan labs actually have. The Chinese authorities have been circumspect on this; and
2. Examine the virus database that was taken offline right before all this started.
To be clear: I'm not insinuating that this is true or that China has covered something up here. I consider it more likely that no one simply knows (including in China) but for China there's little upside in being open about this so we can explore these avenues of inquiry. This "not wanting to know" isn't uniquely a China problem either.
The WHO simply hasn't done the due diligence warranted to eliminate this theory. That's all.
1. Account for what coronaviruses Wuhan labs actually have. The Chinese authorities have been circumspect on this; and
2. Examine the virus database that was taken offline right before all this started.
To be clear: I'm not insinuating that this is true or that China has covered something up here. I consider it more likely that no one simply knows (including in China) but for China there's little upside in being open about this so we can explore these avenues of inquiry. This "not wanting to know" isn't uniquely a China problem either.
The WHO simply hasn't done the due diligence warranted to eliminate this theory. That's all.