“Deliberate Release” is the theory that makes the most sense and aligns with all actions taken by China in the months and years before the pandemic, as well as the (still ongoing) cover up immediately after.
It also makes the most sense for China to release it on themselves in their own back yard where they can facilitate a real spread of an “emerging virus”, confirm their operation actually works, then suppress news about it, block domestic flights but allow international flights to infect the world, maintain primary control of the narrative and all sites involved, as well as block investigations for a year to allow time for cleanup and other political noise to obscure their actions. Must most importantly it gives them a very good excuse to shut down their factories and supply chain in order to retaliate for the Trade War.
It also gives China the chance to hoard all the PPE and Facemasks before everyone else. China also picked the perfect time to do it so it climaxed with Chinese New Year pre-and-post travel and concealed the production/supply chain impact by leading into an Embargo with a “holiday” disguise.
Put simply, China released the virus to retaliate for the Trade War.
The audacity of it all is that it’s been staring us in the face all this time. They picked the perfect time, and the perfect location, Wuhan, the beating heart of China’s supply chain. Everything passes through Wuhan - a factory in Guangzhou needs parts from a supplier in Suzhou? - it will pass through Wuhan. China knew exactly what it was doing the day they built a Bio Lab right in the beating heart of their massive supply chain.