Well, given how many weasel words the Intel Agencies use, like, "Low Confidence", I don't think I can take them seriously.
There was more consensus in the Intel Community that the Russians were helping Trump than the virus came from a lab.
but you guys will still scream "Russia Hoax" at every opportunity.
So, discounting guesses by the intel community, you have basic logic.
The first cases were not among workers at the lab or people living next to it. They were cases of people who worked or shopped at the Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market, 15 miles away from the lab.
Further, the WHO sent teams in, who collected samples of the virus at the Wet Market, in the animal cages.
The IC assesses that SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, probably emerged and infected humansthrough an initial small-scale exposure that occurred no later than November 2019 with the first known cluster ofCOVID-19 cases arising in Wuhan, China in December 2019. In addition, the IC was able to reach broadagreement on several other key issues. We judge the virus was not developed as a biological weapon. Mostagencies also assess with low confidence that SARS-CoV-2 probably was not genetically engineered; however, twoagencies believe there was not sufficient evidence to make an assessment either way. Finally, the IC assessesChina’s officials did not have foreknowledge of the virus before the initial outbreak of COVID-19 emerged.