I'm kicking myself because I should have considered this much earlier. It's totally unproven, but I always try to resign to the "question everything, especially .gov" philosophy.
Most suspicious folks, like me, think we have figured out that the covid was made in a Chinese laboratory. The study that was done afterward- that concluded almost with 100% certainty that it was made in a lab support that. WHO claiming they have investigated and found that it was NOT created there makes me think that maybe it was created there. China claiming it wasn't themselves is also an eyebrow raiser because they are commies. The bat soup theory, however, checks out because China has nasty dietary options. But every good lie has something in it that is believable.
However, what if the US gov, or it's designee, were involved with developing this relativity low hazard bioweapon, and then dropping it off in Wuhan. Maybe 12 monkeys style, maybe not, but as far as a conspiracy theory, I've heard worse. Wuhan is on the opposite side of the world. The US gov has not officially pointed the finger at the Wuhan laboratory, but rather the rumors were initially from some guy either fucking a bat or it being made in a Chinese lab- my observation is that the initial rumors in such a situation are soon refuted with evidence. These two theories have stuck and remained non-updated (is that a word?)
Disprove me, call me a conspiracy theorist, it's all good. Just consider that the .gov can be very efficient in some cases, especially with deception. Free blankets to all Indians, Tuskegee experiment, poisoning alcohol during prohibition, wmd in Iraq, Snowden's juicy tidbits, solvent trap stings, "we have to pass the bill so you can find out what's in it...", etc. Just to name a few. Is the us gov above this? Main reason? More power? $ shifts? ?