> Two of those conspiracy theories were in fact absurd, but one was correct: the virus absolutely may have escaped from a Wuhan research lab.<p>That's a weird use of the word "correct".<p>Like the phrase "conspiracy theory" is slippery, and it's used to describe a spectrum of things from those that definitely did happen to things that are logically impossible.<p>But a possibility that has been thoroughly investigated and found wanting is still different from "correct" even if the people who promoted it as true with no evidence are doing victory laps because all the people who don't believe in vaccines are on their side.<p>Does she have a list of the scientists who were calling it a wild conspiracy theory in public while also privately worrying it could be true (with timestamps for each comment since people are allowed to change their mind, and references because people aren't allowed to just make stuff up).<p>Relevant Fauci testimony on that point:<p>> Actually, I've also been very, very clear and said multiple times that I don't think the 'concept' of there being a lab leak is inherently a conspiracy theory," Fauci responded. "What is conspiracy is the kind of distortions of that particular subject, like it was a lab leak and I was parachuted into the CIA like Jason Bourne and told the CIA that they should really not be talking about a lab leak