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>>lazycr+(OP)
If anyone is tempted to associate 'lab leak' with xenophobia or anti-Chinese sentiment, please remember the WIV lab was in partnership with the U.S. NIH (National Institutes of Health).

https://www.biospace.com/article/1nih-awards-ecohealth-allia...

>>mgamac+Ce
Another fun wrench in the gears of easy categorization of factors is that the research was halted under Obama and restarted under Trump:

https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/the-nih-gain-of-functi...

Likely enough not in any meaningful way attached to either president, though.