I'm willing to believe, though weakly, that the original SARS could have been a fluke of natural intraspecies transfer.
Like all socialist dictatorships, China naturally tried to cover up SARS.
Okay, harm done. Was China required to pay reparations to cover the damages the victims and other nations suffered in consequence?
Nope.
Could the newest China Virus have been a natural strain of SARS? Not bloody likely.
But so what if it was? Time to make China pay, isn't it? If someone "accidentally" leaves his car on the railroad tracks, but rescues his family, and then tells the police that there's no car on the tracks and then the train comes and derails, killing hundreds of passengers, do we say "it's not your fault"?
Nope.
Make China Pay.
No more benefit of the doubt.
China has earned the Presumption of Guilt. This new strain of bird flu? Assume it came from a lab until international inspectors, everyone of whom should have lost family due to the China Virus, has inspected the entirety of China's biowarfare labs and cleared Winnie the Poo of guilt.
Make China pay.