Pangolins did not rule out the lab leak at all. They turned out to be a complete red herring, if you like. That viruses were three times as close to SARS-CoV-2 as the pangolin viruses. The pangolin didn't have this crucial insert called the Fearing Cleavage Site,. which is the thing that means we're having a pandemic.

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