Keep in mind that the Energy Department says it most likely came from a lab, but with low confidence.

[…] the FBI was an agency that had assessed it a leak from the lab with moderate confidence. There were four other agencies that said it probably arose naturally from an animal with low confidence. And at that time, the Energy Department was agnostic. It didn’t have a position one way or the other.

What’s happened is they’ve done an update to this report, and the Energy Department’s position has shifted. It’s gone from saying, well, we don’t know to, we think it’s most likely it did come from a lab, though with low confidence.

I’m not saying this means it’s not the case, just that it’s not as clear-cut as the title of the post makes it seem.

And that makes sense that it’s low confidence, given China isn’t cooperating.