So is the story that China developed this and it got out by accident and now they are paying the price, along with the rest of us because of this stupidity.
You aren’t going to get concrete facts. This is Commie China.
Look at their reaction and think about that really hard.
How bad does it have to be to generate this kind of reaction from China.
And yes, you can bet people were trying to develop this as a bioweapon
From 2015
https://www.the-scientist.com/news-opinion/lab-made-coronavirus-triggers-debate-34502