AHA I was correct linking covid to the lab in Wuhan
. [aol.com]
"A preponderance of evidence proves the virus that caused the COVID-19 pandemic leaked from a Chinese research facility, said a report by U.S. Republicans released on Monday, a conclusion that U.S. intelligence agencies have not reached.
The report also cited "ample evidence" that Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) scientists - aided by U.S. experts and Chinese and U.S. government funds - were working to modify corona viruses to infect humans and such manipulation could be hidden."
Your link literally contradicts your claim
It is a group of dodgy Republicans who are making an unsubstantiated claim, as your article clearly points out.
Given how the Republicans have politicized the issue, even the claimed preponderance of evidence isn't worth pig shit; the source of this edict is far from reputable, and evidence is NOT proof.
This issue has zero importance except to scientists. It is strictly a gimmick for fund-raising and a dog-whistle to white supremacists. Is that where you're coming from?
The wet market scenario remains the most likely.
Ignore aol, the source is reuters -- very reputable
[reuters.com]
(I agree the Rs report is crap).
Your nature article is from March 2020 -- 16 months ago.
. . . this is LONG, but worth-it -- BOTH are well informed :
The US has been funding corona virus research IN THE US for decades. :
(one of the reasons the vaccines were developed so quickly)