https://www.science.org/content/article/ridiculous-says-chinese-scientist-accused-being-pandemic-s-patient-zero

those young scientists know better than gao fu, who surprisingly accepted interview by bbc, and by no other than john sudworth, who may never got chance return to mainland china.

curious whether chinese government involved or not or gao had freedom on those things. gao later slammed bbc but damage was done.

such highly scientific stuff and highly politicized can only go through serious media, either report to who, or interview with nature, science or scientific american who reported among the earliest and interviewed shi zl (who said she was in shanghai knowing outbreak, couldn't sleep, worried about could be her leak, said all her vrus strains were sharply different, and later zhong ns challenged her face to face again)