Despite everything we've heard from the media and scientists saying that Covid didn't leak from a Chinese lab, it seems governments secretly believe that it did.

How else do you explain the deterioration of relationships between western governments and China since Covid?

Some will say 'Well it's not to do with Covid but the Uyghurs or Hong Kong, or Taiwan - but those issues were all going before Covid and no one seemed to care.

The Biden admin has had plenty of time to review the intelligence - haven't heard anyone saying 'Poor old China - being blamed for something they clearly didn't do - let's give them a big hug and get back to the cozy relationship we had before.'

Instead we're on war footing.

The only thing that has changed in the relationship dynamic is Covid. Given the vast majority of scientists say it definitely didn't leak from a lab then why the breakdown in the relationship?

Because behind closed doors, governments don't believe the scientists. Nor do an ever-increasing percentage of the public. What we're experiencing is a non-verbalized shift in opinion.

I'd love to see an opinion poll asking how people think Covid originated. Dan posted one several months ago saying it was already as high as 40% believing it escaped from a lab. What's the figure now?

Curiously, there are no 2021 polls asking that question. All i could find was one done in Russia where 2 out of 3 think it was from a lab.