exactly! it's sort of infuriating watching the USA try to flip the narrative and blame the chinese.
by january, the possibility for widespread pandemic was well known.
Oh really?by january, the possibility for widespread pandemic was well known.
https://twitter.com/WHO/status/1217043229427761152
January 14:
yes really. january 21: China confirms human-to-human transmission of coronavirus
not to mention the fact that taiwan informed the WHO of human-to-human transmission in december 2019.
and since when do we trust everything the chinese government says anyway? china says "trust us" about urgent matters of national public health, and all western governments oblige, in spite of conflicting evidence?
people are letting their governments off the hook way too easily. the USA government knew the potential in january yet they did absolutely nothing until late march. in fact, they materially misled the public about the known risks until april.