[henkster]

Yuan Zhiming, director of the National Biosafety Laboratory at the lab, told Reuters in a statement that the lab didn’t have the capacity to design a new coronavirus and that no information within the CCP virus genome indicates it was manmade. He also said the lab didn’t accidentally release a virus it harvested from bats for research.

Today, I learned something new; that "Yuan Zhiming" is Mandarin for "Baghdad Bob."

[CMB_polarization]

All they had to do was find a bat virus that could infect simians in a novel way, there was no need for engineering.

[mabarker1]

What You be talking 'bout, Willis !?

[flamberge]

The Chinese have a tendency, when accused of wrongdoing, to respond with a belligerent denial in great detail of all the things that they just did.

I accept the statements of Director Yuan Zhiming in that context.

[Mouton]

Ah, I know how the CIA came to that conclusion:

Hello, Yuan Zhiming, director of the National Biosafety Laboratory at the lab here.

Howdy, this is the CIA in Langly. Got a question for you,

OK, go.

Is that corvid virus running about man made by you or from your lab?

Ha, not here. No tickie, no shirtie Yank.

Got it, thanks, bye.

[Boogieman]

“He also said the lab didn’t accidentally release a virus it harvested from bats for research.”

Then he said: “It’s also totally ridiculous to think that I kissed an infected bat on a drunken dare at the Chinese New Year party at the lab. That didn’t happen.”