Do you believe animals literally conspired to transmit to humans?
I believe what you're describing is rather "the coordinated malevolent animal transmission theory".
I believe what you're describing is rather "the coordinated malevolent animal transmission theory".
Cover-up is the default mode of handling failure in an aspiring Communist state. When a major accident happens that can be covered up, it will be covered up.
The above mentioned Sverdlovsk outbreak was presented as natural as well: the official culprit was cough a wet market nearby cough. Took 13 years and the dissolution of USSR to admit the cover-up.