Actually, while not much given to conspiracy theories, if this virus was bio-engineered by China, it would make sense as part of their strategy to prevent 4 more years of President Trump whom they surely hate, since they know that the economy fosters his reelection. And with the current Democrat field, desperate measures would be called for. However, we have no proof this, although their recourse to blaming the American military for the Wuhan outbreak to very defensive.
I’m not much on conspiracy theories either, but something seems way off with just a few thousand deaths in China. Anyone who has visited a Chinese city knows how packed people are living together. If this virus is so contagious and lethal, they should have had many more deaths even using extreme measures. China has figured out how to tap into world anxiety. It’s going to be the new method of war.