As long as this logic also applied to the “confidence” in the original official narrative that the lab leak theory was a conspiracy theory. In the LA area, many in the science/tech communities were on board with the official story and joined in the fun - laughing at the “morons” still considering the possibility of the lab leak.

I suspect many of those are the same ones who are eager to sweep it under the rug, or now turn to conspiracy theory that THIS story is part of a psyop but not the original response from the science/health authorities.