I think you have to distinguish between people who believe that it was a lab leak and people who believe that it’s good that the public believes that it’s a lab leak.
If I would be a virologist who told everyone in 2020 that all people who believe in the lab leak are conspiracy theorists, but updated towards the lab leak being the probable outcome, I would feel shame about that and minimize my exposure to the topic and not feel happy to fill out surveys about it.
I think you have to distinguish between people who believe that it was a lab leak and people who believe that it’s good that the public believes that it’s a lab leak.
If I would be a virologist who told everyone in 2020 that all people who believe in the lab leak are conspiracy theorists, but updated towards the lab leak being the probable outcome, I would feel shame about that and minimize my exposure to the topic and not feel happy to fill out surveys about it.