Myanmar ticks a lot of boxes for the CCP - most importantly it's outside of China - secondly they can lean on it to take the fall and/or blame it onto Aung San Suu Kyi.

The fact that Daszak has already flagged it is another sign that they're at least toying with the idea.

However, i do sense a shifting of the ground in the media - finally. It will be interesting to watch the contortions that the media and scientists go through to execute the triple back-flips with pike needed to transition from staunch deniers of the lab-leak theory to the ones who uncovered it and revealed the truth to us all.

I imagine there will be lots of phrases like 'emerging evidence' and '20-20 hindsight'. The fact is the evidence has always been there.

Yes, moving sucks. When i move i always think 'i must be earning money - coz i'm working so hard' - but you're not - you're just working hard. Anyway, it must be good to be out of the freezer, even though those white-outs would have their own other-worldly charm.