They called it a conspiracy theory — but Alina Chan tweeted life into the idea that the virus came from a lab

“If I am wrong, I have done something terrible." After Joe Biden ordered an investigation into how the pandemic started in China, the postdoc who started the lab-leak theory online just wants “to stay alive and not get hacked.” Antonio Regalado explores Alina Chan’s plans to change her name and disappear, but only after a book deal.