Nothing would surprise me.

But I doubt that even the CCP could be that cruel or stupid.

I don't think they would release it in China deliberately, but then
I remember they had a one child policy because they cannot cope with
their large population. They might be worried what would happen in
China in case of climate driven food shortages.
Knock off all the old people.
Might cause collapse of the Chinese government.

Some people still have the quaint idea that the CCP cares about Chinese people as anything but a means to an end. Knocking a few of the billion plus population over is nothing to them. The new Red Emporers are mad, evil people.

.... release a virus without already having trialled a vaccine thoroughly on their own people,
Loudmouth2,
How'd you know they didn't have that ? They're Chinese not Oz labor voters !

It would be more logical if one claimed a foreign power Orangeland with a tutti-frutti leader with orange hair who came to power with a promise of "make oranges great again" (down with bananas) created the virus. With Orangeland, badly losing the economic war with China, millions of Oranges rotting on the trees etc, unleashes its new weapon on the supposedly unsuspecting Chinese in the vain hope of stuffing up their economy. China having a first class spy network in the form of Tic Tok is well ahead of the game, and have measures in place to minimise the Orangeman's attack. Unfortunately thing go wrong for The Orangeman, and the attacker becomes the attackee. The Orangeman is booted out on his arse by the Orange people, and replaced by Colonel Sanders grandfather Bernie with a promise to collectives all the orchards, giving a bigger share of the juice back to the Oranges. AND we then all return to La La Land, for a well deserved nanny nap. End of story.

FOULmouth,

I think you would sacrifice your own life to protect China. You Melburnian Maoist pie-makers are all the same.

The scuttlebutt I got some months ago is saying that the WuFlu virus was in fact engineered. Apparently combined researchers in the Five Eyes countries have discovered that it is distinct from other members of the SARS family of viruses and has genetic and evolutionary characteristics that do not develop naturally.

So yes, it does appear that the WuFlu virus might in fact be a biological weapon developed by the Chinese that for some reason got out of control.