“and some experts say it shoots down the lab leak theory”
Same experts that claimed the original Covid-19 virus came from a wet market?
Here are some of the published scientific reports: The Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market in Wuhan was the early epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic. --Analysis (with maps) of the spread of the outbreak published by university and research institution scientists from the US, UK, Netherlands, Belgium, and Australia.
Early Transmission Dynamics in Wuhan, China, of Novel Coronavirus–Infected Pneumonia. --These Chinese (and one non-Chinese) scientists and physicians conducted the early epidemiological investigations that implicated the Huanan market.
Dissecting the early COVID-19 cases in Wuhan. --Editorial discussing initial outbreak centered around Huanan market (with a map).