[mikem170]

> Just because some other variant was found to be dominant elsewhere a later point in time does not appear to suggest anything contradictory to me.

That's the thing, the early variants Forster identified could have migrated in either direction. Nobody is questioning the differences between his identified A and B variants, just the directionality. The expert consensus seems to be "too early to know for sure".

That's what I'm saying. Forster might be right, and this came from south of Wuhan. Even his critics say that he may not be right, they don't say he's wrong. We don't know for sure.

Can you appreciate the difference? You seem to be saying "this definitely started in Wuhan" when it appears that is not certain.