The problem is that the 'man-made' hypothesis is worryingly believable... because it's China. However, we have no evidence of this, short of flawed conspiracy speculation so far, and research into the virus shows it to be far more randomly thrown together and chaotic than humans would be capable of replicating. I do need to spend some time looking into that research myself though.

I somewhat hope for a Chinese economic crash really. They need to be humbled enough that they might actually sit back and for once, listen to their people