They shoulda’ kept sampling the bat anuses in the cave instead of bringing the viruses to a lab to find out how and what different mutations might arise with successive generations. They shoulda’ let the mutations occur naturally.
The big problem is that no one knows if there are others experimenting on viruses so one may want to have a heads up on what could be out there
Anther problem is that if any mutation occurs which changes the affinity of the virus to different animals or tissues,the course of the infection could significantly change.
That’s my guess...the experimental passing of the viruses through different mutations created a virus with dangerous affinities, it leaked out by infecting a worker...that worker went to the “wet” market...had a bat Sandwich , which is why they said it originated at the wet market, and off it went.IMHO.
It’s not nice to fool with mother nature. She can bite you in the arse.
In graduate school, I worked in a lab using Salmonella for research. We were careful but every few months, someone would come down with a case of Salmonellosis for a few days. Makes sense to me!
I think Chicomland is too corrupt to maintain necessary safety in such labs.
Professionalism is lacking. I can see cutting corners in bio waste disposal.