most "artificial origin" hypotheses centre around a lab-leak. The number of scenarios where the new variant is engineered are vastly reduced, since it's less l

most "artificial origin" hypotheses centre around a lab-leak. The number of scenarios where the new variant is engineered are vastly reduced, since it's less likely that this variant is a lab leak. Other scenarios can still be within the realm of plausibility, but there are fewer of them.