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It's because the article is withholding information* to "guide" the viewer towards conspiratorial explanations. Especially with lines like this:
Meanwhile, elsewhere, this was already answered:
https://apnews.com/article/california-biolab-covid19-test-kits-china-arrest-3ee30af1548356e017276860ebb21f53
Also note, the OP article is not originally from AOL. AOL is quoting another article from a "Scripps News", practically in its entirety without any additional journalism on their part. If they had done any journalism, they would have found the AP article I linked with more info or the DoJ article on the charges that were brought up.
Edit:
This story broke in July 25, 2023:
https://midvalleytimes.com/article/news/2023/07/25/investigation-on-reedley-building-uncovers-bio-health-hazards/
* Note, the words "test" or "tests" do not appear anywhere in the OP article.
The thing that really irritated me was the bit about "ooh, they're using equipment from China, that proves it!" I mean, no shit? Find me a lab, an office, a home, anything manmade in the US that doesn't have something made in China in it :/
Even in doctors offices. I had researched and bought pulse oximeters a few years ago (mainly on ali express).
You start to see the same designs with different branding as they're made by only a very few companies in China.
Since then I can recognize the same ones in use at every doctor appointment I've been at.
Oh wow. Thanks for due diligence.