The non market exposures could have ridden next to it on a bus, or brushed past it on the sidewalk, etc.
It’s not like all the research there was nefarious. Just ‘bad idea’ most of it. The ‘bat guy’ was doing research to see why bats didn’t get infections like we do in spite of their carrying around all sorts of evil pathogens. Which is a really good line of research. No question. useful for vaccine info or simply development of antiviral meds that might be wide spectrum.
So I don’t think the initial research was nefarious.
The coverup on the other hand...ask the mob how that goes...it’s never the crime, it’s the coverup.
Has anyone seen or heard from the bat researcher since this all began?
Agreed on that one.
Actually, they (the Chinese) would be crazy not to.