> if there was a cover up, both the US and China have massive incentives to cover it up.
China saving face, that one is clear (although unlikely to survive, remember that doctor who risked his career and life to expose that the Chinese government was downplaying Covid? Why do you think nobody would expose a cover-up?). What incentive was there for the US, or any other impacted country?
Especially the Trump White House… they repeatedly exaggerated the available evidence to insinuate a lab leak… it would’ve been a huge political boon if they had any actual proof of malfeasance.
China saving face, that one is clear (although unlikely to survive, remember that doctor who risked his career and life to expose that the Chinese government was downplaying Covid? Why do you think nobody would expose a cover-up?). What incentive was there for the US, or any other impacted country?