If it is a bioweapon it is either an economic collapse bioweapon or an incomplete bioweapon in development. With CRISPR it is easy to screw with DNA/RNA. The fact that the middle part of the virus (hence the novel moniker) genome has never been seen before suggests there may have been some CRISPR messing with the genome. Not saying it isn’t naturally evolved but IMHO it is highly unlikely.
So Chapel Hill replicates the China Bat/Sars virus combo in a mouse that doesn’t die.
China either steals the virus or decides they can do it too
And at some point in the bioweapon development it escapes the lab by accident or intention.
And we await to see what other ethnicities fall victim to the virus.
They are gettig inventive with masks. Putting plastic bottles over their heads while out of the home. One person made a respirator type thing out of three plastic bottles.