I am no expert in this, but I do know that the SARS-COV-2 virus was isolated and identified rather rapidly in US labs as soon as the first infected were returned to this country.
I expect the Chinese would be capable of such with any sick people in that lab in Wuhan, whatever the source.
I am not a believer in “Jurassic Park” Lego virus building, but I certainly think a virus can be studied and grown in a lab. It could possibly be selectively bread for virulence and other characteristics, if not manipulated genetically.
The Chinese know the “wet market” and other “natural” sources of viruses are right there, next to their lab, too. I expect that that’s why the lab is there.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_5e34a3b7c5b6f26233294378/amp
1/31/20 Huffington post attacked Sen. cotton. Need to investigate everyone they quote for possible Chinese spy links.
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Senator Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) has been on an absolute tear about coronavirus, calling for all Americans in China to “get out now,” demanding the U.S. implement an extensive travel ban targeting China proposing a “Manhattan Project-level effort to create a vaccine” ? a reference to the undertaking that produced the atomic bomb during World War II.
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But China has actually been fairly quick to address the virus and to alert international officials to the problem, according to health experts, and has as shared information on the virus that has helped epidemiologists study and track it. Although officials have expressed concerns about transparency around China’s handling of the outbreak, international health organizations and U.S. officials have largely praised China’s reaction to the crisis.
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Although the outbreak is a global health emergency that has killed over 200 people and requires serious action, many infectious disease experts have urged patience while they assess the true dangers of the outbreak and cautioned against the kind of fearmongering that Cotton has embrac