[yyyk]

The story isn't about 'investigating viruses', but (if true) about gain of function virus research meant to enhance their ability in order to study them.

It's noteworthy that all the research which helped with COVID so far had nothing to do with GoF research or the Lab. The spike research dates back to SARS-COV-1 studies. The vaccine technologies used had little to do with GoF. On the other hand, the Wuhan Lab, supposedly experienced with coronaviruses, has apparently gave us nothing useful to combat the pandemic.

Apparently the Wuhan Lab's research was dangerous (this is true even if this thesis is not) yet also useless.