China delayed reporting the virus

[rayg]

A delay in the identifing the Coronavirus in China could have been avoided by a number of weeks

“If China's officials had disclosed to the world, the presence of the epidemic earlier
the world health agencies, governments, and people could have had an earlier heads up..


https://nationalinterest.org/feature/made-china-coronavirus-chaos-could-have-been-avoided-130422
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/07/world/asia/Li-Wenliang-china-coronavirus.html

[Roadkingtrax]

Imagine the type of government that's trying to suppress information? Not unlike here...panic control.

Have we blamed the pangolins yet?

[lyman]

this is new?

[rayg]

this is new?

Please explain, ..Not following, "this is new?"

[Sunray]

What difference do you think "an earlier heads up" would have made? Just curious.

[togor]

Arguably an earlier ban on travel from China, but that would have created problems of its own, given that some people who work here (legally) traveled to China over the holiday break and they would have been stranded.

The idea would be to buy more time to get organized against the virus, particularly getting a testing program up and running. But in the US at least there was plenty of self-inflicted blundering on that task and we can't blame the Chinese for what follows from that.

So ultimately it's just another "blame foreigners" exercise, a reflex that some have down stone cold.

[S.A. Boggs]

What difference do you think "an earlier heads up" would have made? Just curious.

The sheeple could have starting their running about quicker.
Sam

[lyman]

Please explain, ..Not following, "this is new?"

china delaying or not reporting,

old news

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Arguably an earlier ban on travel from China, but that would have created problems of its own, given that some people who work here (legally) traveled to China over the holiday break and they would have been stranded.

The idea would be to buy more time to get organized against the virus, particularly getting a testing program up and running. But in the US at least there was plenty of self-inflicted blundering on that task and we can't blame the Chinese for what follows from that.

So ultimately it's just another "blame foreigners" exercise, a reflex that some have down stone cold.

it's not just travel, it's commerce as well,


Chinese don't flock to Italy to vacation, it is a shipping destination,

a couple sick or infected crew and boom,

[Madara]

I honestly think China has been playing with Bio weapons and there was an outbreak, Come on guy Corona Virus didn't just fall from the sky.

[rayg]

Might be right, ...

[togor]

https://www.vox.com/2020/3/4/21156607/how-did-the-coronavirus-get-started-china-wuhan-lab

Some will say "oh it's Vox" but they're reporting what scientists are saying. Short answer....bats to intermediate host then people. Bats are common in that part of China, and the markets are unregulated.

[lyman]

they post an article on the 4th of this month when most of the world already new about bats and beeraids a month ago? if not longer,

jeez,
so yes, oh it is vox,

[togor]

Well apparently some of our members haven't read it and are considering the conspiracy theories out there.