| #1 The natural origin theory was never credible. As things roll out, they will first make the claim that it was natural before they altered in the lab, so technically, they weren’t lying. That claim will be useful only in convincing people that regularly, watch The View. The final gambit will be to claim that national security required them to purvey the natural origins theory to ensure that China contained to cooperate with the international effort. That is the hill that they will choose to die on. Let it be their Ripcord. |