>>11389998Without a doubt it was manufactured, the odds of a highly potent & efficient virus just appearing in nature are infinitesimal like a t-rex just randomly evolving from a field mouse.
Same goes for many things (common flu, spanish flu, common cold, hiv/aids, ebola, polio, black plague, much more) people have been creating maladies for centuries ever since we learned the basics of chemistry & biochemistry.
Why? Because they can? That sort of instinct to test cruel things on other life forms, like when farmers are cruel to animals in their care for example. This is a part of human nature for many people (not all, there are good people in the world). Other purposes? Population control? Hysteria to create economic or social conditions for some purpose? Other political ramifications?