We were overdue for a global virus. In 2014 we had Ebola, 2016 Zika virus, and now Coronavirus. The idea of this being a bioweapon is far fetched considering viruses that transition from animals and infect humans have been around for centuries. With the close proximity humans get with each other in urban centers, the spreading of these viruses don't come as a shock.
Per the CDC press release -
https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2020/p0121-novel-coronavirus-travel-case.htmlThe patient from Washington with confirmed 2019-nCoV infection returned to the United States from Wuhan on January 15, 2020. The patient sought care at a medical facility in the state of Washington, where the patient was treated for the illness. Based on the patient’s travel history and symptoms, healthcare professionals suspected this new coronavirus. A clinical specimen was collected and sent to CDC overnight, where laboratory testing yesterday confirmed the diagnosis via CDC’s Real time Reverse Transcription-Polymerase Chain Reaction (rRT-PCR) test.
This is eerily similar to the Ebola outbreak in the U.S. where some dumbass traveled to Liberia only to return to Dallas, Texas and spread Ebola to the nursing staff in the hospital he was treated at. Put in place a travel ban and don't allow people to travel to regions where Coronavirus exists. I do not trust China's communist government one bit to contain this in a reasonable fashion so the U.S. and other countries should act first.