Only those completely ignorant of modern biology labs - and particularly the capabilities of such labs with state scale funding - can be indignant or surprised

Only those completely ignorant of modern biology labs - and particularly the capabilities of such labs with state scale funding - can be indignant or surprised at such an obvious finding. Viruses are manipulated in countless labs around the world on a daily basis, and have been for years. Gain of Function research, as dangerous as it is, has been part of that. This isn't guessing or surmise, it's absolute fact that's trivial to check.