> The quick reaction makes me wonder if this was an escape from the lab.
Yep, very strange indeed. However, assuming we survive this China has got to stop this backward ass society of their eating anything and everything and life creatures like bats and snakes right along side the fish on ice with absolutely no quality control or standards what-so-ever. They’re going to kill us all. To be honest their people would be better served with a MacDonald’s on every corner, the world would be a safer place.
It would not surprise me if the consumption was already illegal. That just means ordinary citizens are not allowed to eat it.