So, the virus isn't even from China? C'mon, Man!!

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7. Covid may have been detected in China because China has very good capabilities for detecting viruses

During the SARS-CoV-1 outbreak of 2002-2004, China experienced 8,422 cases with a case fatality rate (CFR) of 11%.

China has experienced several outbreaks of Avian Flu virus which have led to massive culling of poultry flocks. It has also experienced H7N9 Avian Flu which can jump from birds to humans. Although human-to-human transmission seems rare, the mortality rate is pretty high.

In 2018-2019 there was a major outbreak of African Swine Fever, a hemorrhagic viral disease, that killed or forced the culling of tens of millions of hogs, impacting heavily that source of protein in the Chinese diet.

As a result, China has a keen interest in viral disease detection and control. China also has a first-rate capability in biological sciences, with many scientists having been trained in the US and Europe. It now produces graduates at a high rate. Much of the lab equipment and supplies used in Western institutions comes from China.

Wuhan is one of their centers for biological research. Therefore, once the "anomalous pneumonia" became rampant in Wuhan they had all the people, equipment, and resources to investigate and identify the SARS-CoV-2 virus as the cause.