If I wanted to let me fears run wild (and just because they’re wild doesn’t mean they’re false), I might suppose this was a test of their ability to isolate an outbreak.
If this does turn out to be a lab leak, I would bet on it being an unplanned lab leak. I don’t think the chinese commies are stupid enough to do this on purpose. They are cruel and totalitarian enough to do it, but not stupid enough to do it.
In my opinion.