> On the other hand the counter-theory ("there was illegal bat trafficking from a small mine in Yunnan")
One theory is that people mine bat guano from caves, so there's no need for them to ever touch a dead bat.
>he similar virus was known to the lab was enough to drag me to thinking it is probably a toss up.
A human generated virus wouldn't be similar in this way to a wild one. You would take a candidate virus and splice in genetic material from a different one. The new virus would match 100% in most places and then be completely different in a few places.
We know the lab was aware of RaTG13 - they produced a sequence quickly that no-one else had seen. I know nothing about the situation but it would be interesting to know where exactly the sample was being sequenced. I doubt they did it in the mine, samples must have been transported to some lab.
I used to think 99% chance zoonotic, but the fact the similar virus was known to the lab was enough to drag me to thinking it is probably a toss up. Lab leaks do happen, this lab was studying bat coronaviruses. It is possible.