Additional evidence the coronavirus could have been accidentally released by a Chinese lab

Yesterday the Washington Post published a column by David Ignatius titled How did covid-19 begin? Its initial origin story is shaky. Ignatius reviews much of the same material that Carlson had mentioned and concludes that an accidental release of the virus is a genuine possibility:

Less than 300 yards from the seafood market is the Wuhan branch of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Researchers from that facility and the nearby Wuhan Institute of Virology have posted articles about collecting bat coronaviruses from around China, for study to prevent future illness. Did one of those samples leak, or was hazardous waste deposited in a place where it could spread?

via hotair.com

It wasn’t a bioweapon. It was just research that they hoped would lead to a bioweapon.