Cops, Nazis... why fight over the term, they're the same dang thing.

Not a theory. Genetic markers are like breadcrumbs that show the path of the pathogen. It may have just originated there, but it came from there. A simple look at the outbreak reports can show this. Now was it man-made? I do not know enough about genetics to tell. My leading theories are 1) if it is not man-made, then it was a result of cross contamination between humans and animals where the virus mutated in a high density population. And 2) if it WAS man-made, then the location, timing and reason for it is most likely due to the Hong Kong revolts and Foxconn labor riots. A plague is the perfect excuse to bar freedom of assembly. I'm about 50/50 on either scenario. Losing the world's factory floor of communist slave labor would have destroyed capitalism.

My favorite is when you get banned from a sub you never even visited because you commented in a spot they didn't like. It's like getting a phone-call from a complete stranger who is taunting you because they didn't invite you to their birthday party. You'd be sad but... no clue who it is anyway.