The commies can live with a cover up of a natural outbreak being uncovered. Hence the deflection to have this appear a naturally occuring virus. But if it is lab created, and a cover up is uncovered, it could bring the commies down. And they know it.
From what I understand they do have a lab that studies some of the world’s most dangerous pathogens and one could have escaped. Accidentally or on purpose, who knows? We’ll probably never know the truth.
Man-made? I dunno. There are plenty of nasty natural viruses out there that there are no cures for. I’m just not going down the man-made road yet.
Just like Chernobyl