There is a lab that had planned and did the research. This is well documented. The virus spread had started nearby. There is nothing else that you need to know.

There is a lab that had planned and did the research. This is well documented. The virus spread had started nearby. There is nothing else that you need to know. There is evidence that the Chinese authorities were suppressing information about the leak (information about that virus had leaked accidentally, by an ophthalmologist that saw cases spreading in his hospital). Yes, it is not clear exactly, how the furin site got there. Was it a long series of mutations and a recombination with another virus in a lab animal? Was it spliced? We’ll never know, unless the scientists responsible would decide to tell how it had happened. But I’m not particularly emotional about that virus. If you read the above, you’ll see that I see positive and negative after effects. Viruses and mistakes happen. But it’d be a good idea to make a point and get rid of that lab. Failures like that should not be rewarded with continual existence.