"COVID-19 originated in a Wuhan laboratory...the sources believe the initial transmission of the virus was bat-to-human, and that 'patient zero' worked at the laboratory, then went into the population in Wuhan." https://www.foxnews.com/politics/coronavirus-wuhan-lab-china-compete-us-sources

"The Wuhan wet market initially identified as a possible point of origin never sold bats, and blaming the wet market was an effort by China to deflect blame from the laboratory, along with the country's propaganda efforts targeting the U.S. and Italy."

"Doctors & journalists were 'disappeared' warning of the spread of the virus & its contagious nature & human to human transmission. China moved quickly to shut down travel domestically from Wuhan to the rest of China, but DID NOT stop international flights from Wuhan."

Reminder: "Given the problems in the Chinese economy that arose as a result of the ongoing trade war with the United States and Donald Trump, the CCP and Xi Jinping appear to have made the calculation that a crisis caused by the virus would be preferable." https://americanmind.org/features/the-coronacrisis-and-our-future-discontents/the-chinese-communist-party-v-america/