> TL;DR lots of conflation of "lab leak" with "man made".
Mixed with media sensationalism and political tribalism...
Actually, the most interesting part of the linked article (IMO) was the suggestion that it actually doesn't matter whether or not it was a lab leak, because nothing will change one way or the other. I would hope that's wrong.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27307175
TL;DR lots of conflation of "lab leak" with "man made".