Complicated but I agree with you about nsp14.
Come from labs? SARS 1 and MERS are certainly a result of zoonosis. SARS2 could be from dump and hope in a lab because I know there were researchers around the world doing that with corona viruses. It is not "genetic engineering" as such IMHO, but artificial selection in gain of function experiments.
You are astute and I am inclined to see the propagandist you mentioned regarding vaccines. As to HCQ I like what gas_dr said about it here on FR. He said it was a "weak force" when what he needed was a strong force. Very disappointing but not useless. He was a trooper, pumping zinc into people because we told him that was the magic that made HCQ work. , and watching them die anyway. Tough tough...
I don’t agree with gas_dr on a number of things, but it is good to get his viewpoint. We are not mind-numbed robots here.