A possibly better source here https://theweek.com/speedreads/901405/seattle-lab-uncovered-...
Mynorthwest is sort of an AM radio/crackpot theories/nasty racist comments section kind of place. Some of their articles (and this seems to be one) are solid, but as a rule it's a highly suspect source of news.
On topic: Hard to imagine how much more fucked we'd be if we hadn't sampled and found the virus for another 2 weeks or whatever. Good on these guys, just another way that the flu project is paying off up here.