It's so apparent and obvious to anyone that takes the time to listen that there is a concerted effort on the media's part to distance China from the COVID-19 virus. Just the other major efforts were made to target Europe as the source for New York's outbreak given that New York is the largest outbreak spot in the United States. What was omitted in the story was how Europe got the virus which of course was from China.
I have no basis, other than personal opinion, as to the source of the virus but I do believe that it escaped a disease/bio lab in the city that the first exposures were mentioned. It could have happened naturally and from the Chinese weird appetites and cravings or diet but I much more think that it's highly likely that it escaped the lab not too far from that live food market. I'm also not so sure that the Chinese don't have a cure or treatment that they haven't shared with the rest of the world but again that's just speculation based upon the fact that the Chinese were able to contain it to just that city in a country that has so many people in it yet they only shut down one city/section? Another thing is the way that Russia has escaped being hard hit by the epidemic/pandemic but then one thing to go against my theory is how hard Iran has been hit by it.
I just think that it's plausible that the thing escaped a lab that was engineering it for some sort of bioweapon because if it was meant to cripple the west then they are darn close to doing it, as it is. Our economy is in a dire condition right now and hopes are that it can recover just as fast but right now it's an unknown.
One caveat though that bodes well for the United States with this current outbreak is that maybe it took something like this to awaken politicians and the public as to the critical need to keep certain manufacturing in our Country and to reestablish some manufacturing that could be or is critical to our National Security. Maybe through this pandemic changes will be implemented that will counter the vast lead that China has over us in certain areas and bringing back to our Nation the Drug industry and other critical areas that could swing the balance of war if such ever did occur.