When I want to understand how a virus originated, I always turn to "low confidence" assessments from some random bureaucrats in an agency that has no expertise in virology, genetics, or epidemiology.

Thank you, random Department of Energy people, for leaking your baseless speculation to the Wall Street Journal.

@maxkennerly - however, that said, I come from a career in Electron Microscopy and have spent untold hours/years looking at microstructures. I've never seen anything LIKE the COVID virus. Wherever it came from, as far as I can see, it's obviously manufactured. #Complexity #Specificity #Mobility #PandemicTaskForceDisbanded #MurderByTrump