It Leaked From A US-Backed Lab
Instead of opening a clear and open investigation, they pursued a different path: Deny the leak, roll out the supposed antidote (vaccine), use experimental technology, and lock down the world’s population to stop the spread so that the vaccine would get the credit for ending the pandemic.
Instead, they would use the crisis to shove through approval of a technology that had never before received regulatory approval. (mRNA "vaccines")