Not only that, evidence exists to the contrary, that the virus originated from a natural source, likely bats, which granted it did originate in China, but anyone saying that it came out of a lab is crazy.

The Chinese government has, however, been lying about their numbers, and taking very creative stances on the statistics, which seriously isn't helping their case here. But they'd rather protect their image to their citizens than provide potentially life-saving information to the rest of the world...