[johnthealy3]

This is the type of voice used to railroad people into a certain point of view. It's trying to stonewall and invalidate and gaslight anyone who dare even consider the possibility of the lab leak. As an American in my 30s I've grown up used to seeing this tactic anytime Israel is mentioned in the news (until the last few years). Hopefully we are at a point where people are becoming more sensitive to this kind of tactic, especially in the mass media.

As other people have noted, there isn't much new here. The findings about potential origins in Laos are still in preprint AFAIK, much as all information (real or not) has been throughout the pandemic.