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I do think that China could have single-handedly stopped this had they been open about what was happening. But then again, any other country would have done the same thing to protect themselves and their reputation. Only difference is China has leverage of being a big fucking manufacturer.
That might be improbable. As a matter of fact, the entire global community is now coming together to try stopping this virus but all to no avail.
I think that even before China was completely aware that such a virus is existing, the virus must have already silently crept outside the source province itself and probably even reaching abroad. We all know how the virus is extremely infectious. That's even prior to them gaining the first ever limited understanding of the nature of that novel virus.