In my un-expert opinion this didn't start by natural causes. China has been around for longer than any western civilization and generally that means these sort of things get handled with norms and culture. I just don't buy that China is the only place in the world decrepit enough for this to happen.
On the other hand, the two times the Dems stood to inherit the government, the world has mysteriously collapsed. When it was clear that Obama was going to beat McCain, the housing industry collapsed pulling the banks in with it. Problem with that one is there was no apparent initiator for this other than the sub-prime mortgage industry saying the risk we have been taking for years is now too much so let's crash this train.
Now this virus sort of mysteriously pops up at the perfect time, supposedly coming from a village with people doing what they have been doing for hundreds of years. The story we are supposed to believe is a Chinese guy was listening to Alice Cooper Albums and decided to bite a bat?!?
Just doesn't add up. I have no proof of any of this so I'm not making an accusation. I am looking at this with a bit of skepticism though, because the story they are selling just doesn't pass muster IMHO.