Admitting to something like the lab leak leads to who ordered it? Why did you follow those orders? Who gained and by how much? How much did you make from doing this? Or what was the payoff for following a false narrative? Each of these questions is a can of legal and potentially criminal worms. They’ll die rather than face the consequences. And in their own minds, if nowhere else, they still have integrity so long as they repeat the lie. It’s one of those things where, we know. They know we know. WE know they know we know. But they go on pretending for fear of what comes if they admit the lie.
Admitting to something like the lab leak leads to who ordered it?
Not a leak. deliberate release to stop 2019 Chinese mass protests in Wuhan and Hong Kong and to stop Trump who was cruising for reelection. DC and their Wall Street China fans were thrilled at the prospect and went along.