Ever since I found out that the virus was likely engineered, I’ve been saying that they did it so that they can kill off their sick/aging population in about 10 years when they can’t support them after the 1 child policy comes home to roost and use a “natural origin” as the excuse. But I don’t think it was intentional 5 years ago.
As for the bolded, that was always a stupid reason to create a virus. Look how poorly they do every year with the flu vaccines.