the coronavirus is not as deadly as we think (during every outbreak start the death rates are up and it falls down as less vulnerable groups become infected, its mostly the elderly and sick that die in Wuhan now)
what makes ncov-2019 (the wuhan coronavirus) so novel and different is its superior ability to replicate and transmit from human to human compared to the other coronaviruses:
https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-1-4615-1325-4_68
the length of the tail of this genome (called poly-As) is unnaturally long compared to other coronaviruses, , the location of the wuhan virology institute, and Hong Kongs refusal to close all borders with China all lead me to strong suspicions that this virus is actually the SARS virus that was modified to improve spread from human to human, tho i have no proof obv
What seems more likely to me is that this virus simply escaped the lab due to bad practices as it happened before (article from 2004)
https://www.the-scientist.com/news-analysis/sars-escaped-beijing-lab-twice-50137
they should be forced to be barred from virology studies as they have been irresponsible and almost restarted the SARS outbreak.
Apparently that article on it being man made is sensationalism. The Hiv commonalities are very small and naturally occur within many other viruses.
I usually go with the opposite of what media says. if they say its sensationalism I suspect that its not, and if they sensationalize it i consider it to be trivial/conspiracy.