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>>alwill+(OP)
Working closely to the issue on a couple of fronts, I think debate about the disease origin is a distraction from the real debate everyone has a stake in, which has been the policy response and the legitimacy of lockdowns, vax passports, mandates for health status disclosure, and discrimination based on health information.

Who cares if it came from a lab, there are zero consequences to anyone whether it did or not, and it's the least impactful detail of what has happened. "Allowing," debate on the disease origin is a cynical switcheroo.

>>motoha+5l1
The origin matters for two major reasons:

1) So we can learn and mitigate the risks of something similar happening again.

and

2) In the event that the virus was leaked from a laboratory, the world would like to send the lab a small invoice for costs incurred and damages.