It wasn’t the exact strain, the mutations were nothing like you’d expect them to make, and good lord people on HN need better news and science sources if this is still the level of discussion on the topic.
I get so tired of hearing this rationalization. It's anti-science. Not all evidence is equal and the preponderance of evidence is heavily skewed to it being zoonotic.
So why are people citing 2020 reports from German intelligence agencies?
The expert consensus is that it was natural. It's not close. You are free to reject that consensus but should be aware that you are doing so.
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanmic/article/PIIS2666-5...