> Likewise the "1000 miles from bat viruses" thing is spun.

1000 miles just doesn't take long by truck.

"… Mengla county, Yunnan province…"

"… identification of four SARS-CoV-2 related coronaviruses in bats…"

https://www.cell.com/cell/pdf/S0092-8674(21)00709-1.pdf

Google says that 1400 miles to Wuhan is just 24 hours driving.