Could this be a synthetic nanotechnological virus? Lieber is the pioneer in the biological nanotechnology field, and whatever he was doing that was so secretive and so valuable to the Chines re Wuhan, it had to with nanotechnology, probably semiconductor-based. He also develops qubit technology for scalable quantum computers.

Artficial viruses are absolutely a thing, regardless… could 5g be a factor as well?

"Facile, Rapid, and Large-Area Periodic Patterning of Semiconductor

Substrates with Submicron Inorganic Structures"

http://cml.harvard.edu/assets/JACS137-3739_2015_Kempa-Lieber.pdf

"Artificial viruses: a nanotechnological

approach to gene delivery"

http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.655.8659&rep=rep1&type=pdf

"Scientists create artificial virus in the fight against superbugs"

https://www.nanowerk.com/nanotechnology-news2/newsid=54504.php

"Nano-bioelectronics"

http://cml.harvard.edu/assets/ChemRev_2016_116_215-257_Zhang.pdf

Artificial viruses are absolutely a thing, regardless.