Their behavior indicates they spread it deliberately.
They shut down travel internally. But continued allowing flights to other countries.
It gained its foothold in Italy and entered the US later.
Yes, it looks like they spread it deliberately — after it accidentally escaped from that leaky lab in Wuhan.
Remember when she claimed they were going to unleash a “bioweapon” at the Olympics? Lassa fever yet (which would make a really lousy bioweapon*).
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4037897/posts?page=53#53
How did that prediction work out?
* https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4037897/posts?page=72#72