Rumors now are that the virus came from a US lab and secrets agents brought the virus to China as part of a cover operation to undermine China.
Are we capable of such things?[/quote]
Are you serious that you are approaching it that way? China is largely a closed nation. It is difficult to get anything illicit into there. It would be difficult to bring any weaponized virus into China and then all the way to Wuhan across land (NOTE: it would have to be stored in a temperature controlled manner, in a secured container). Wuhan is not a ‘port of entry’ (land, air or sea ref). On entry to China, your packages are inspected. They are also subject to potential inspection during traveling. Virus/bacteria that the US have worked on, have a death rate of 60% or higher – not the 2% to 3% we are seeing with this one. The US also long ago realized that any weaponized virus or bacteria should NOT be easily communicable – less it ends humanity and the US itself too. While China is rapidly advancing, they are still learning some of the aspects of responsibility when doing this type of research.
If anything along that line might have happened, it could have been loss of containment within one of the Chinese bio-weapon facilities. That would also explain the local Chinese governments behavior in trying to shut down the doctor who was warning people. This is even more significant when considering that after SARS, the response to potential outbreaks was supposed to be more rapid – and the local government was trying to silence a doctor trying to warn of a potential outbreak.
