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So yes, while we still can't exclude the possibility that #SARSCoV2 originated from a lab accident with a bat SARS-like CoV, we can say that the vague, out-of-context quotes used to bolster the "I'm just asking questions, did it come from a lab?" theories were misinterpreted.
This cable says NOTHING about concerns with the work that was being done at WIV. The supposedly worrisome work was actually presented as a success story in a lab that was coming online more slowly than everyone--including the US authors of the cable--expected or hoped.
What are my take-homes? 1. WIV is a world-class facility that wanted to ensure staff working with dangerous pathogens were trained so they could do so safely. 2. WIV researchers were hindered by government regulators in efforts to get this training. 3. ...and this is important...
3. They at least were still able to conduct high-impact research on bat SARS-like coronaviruses, so at least they were productive. Nowhere does this say anything resembling concerns that they aren't doing safe bat CoV work or these bat CoVs are a huge risk to humanity.
So before we shitcan foreign relations with an adversarial government superpower like China, we should question political opinions writers on their reporting of (not very) secret cables, at least when they are using them to support claims that have huge consequences.
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