"For Olivier Schwartz, head of the virus and immunity department of France's Pasteur Institute, studies on the virus's genes show clearly that it was not a virus made by human beings in the laboratory."
Then I have to object to a citation for which I'm unable to source a single scientific paper elaborating on methodology (let alone any reference to passaging as it pertains to virus experiments), which also is not linked by the CCP's Xinhuanet and, most-pertinently, cited by the CCP as "See: No manmade!"
Perhaps it was citation of this paper? Coronavirus may not have originated from Wuhan, study finds
"Scientists of Institut Pasteur in Paris have recently published a study that concludes that the coronavirus, infamously being called 'the China virus', may not have originated from Wuhan (China).
But lo & behold:
"The research, which has not been peer-reviewed yet, was led by virologists Dr Sylvie van der Werf and Etienne Simon-Loriere.
Hmmmm...
But Oliver Schwartz is convinced that it's "not man made".
Settled science & all that, huh? /s C'mon, dude.
In MASSIVE contrast, citation of passaging experiments early on in the 'crisis' highlight both the likelihood the virus originated in a lab (as opposed to the wet market) and published papers outline the very human intervention lab processes in advancing the virulence of these viruses in humans...
...to state nothing of the fact that they were scared enough of a leak to voluntarily cease experiments for a few years in the US and, ultimately, isolate them (allegedly) offshore at WIV, where the scientists were very experienced in "passaging" viruses to achieve the same results as prior GOF studies (now referenced as GOFOC of PPP, i.e. Gain of Function of Concern, of Potential Pandemic Pathogens).