06-19-2021, 05:08 PM
Quote: @StickyBun said:
Not true.@BigAl99 said:
What would have done differently? Nothing. That's the thing. Ok....Trump might be right. So what does that mean exactly, lol.
In the earliest days, when the Chinese (probably) knew the virus was out of the lab...they should have
immediately stopped any travel out of the area.
Wuhan is a city of 11 million. According to this https://www.voanews.com/science-health/coronavirus-outbreak/where-did-they-go-millions-left-wuhan-quarantine, 5 million people left Wuhan after exposure and before quarantine. The spread could have been mitigated more/better, if they knew it had escaped the lab. They would have also known earlier that human>human transmission was more likely from a lab-leak.
Remember the Chinese/WHO denied h>h transmission as late as mid-Jan 2020, 3 mos after the
outbreak. https://nypost.com/2020/03/20/who-haunted-by-old-tweet-saying-china-found-no-human-transmission-of-coronavirus/
Axios reporter Jonathan Swan drew attention to Quin’s story on social media the next day and went on to criticize the Chinese government for instituting a cover-up and failing to deliver life-saving information to the public.
"Terrible. We desperately need accurate reporting from China. The pandemic originated in Wuhan & was initially covered up by Chinese authorities. University of Southampton study found there would have been a 95% REDUCTION in cases & less spread if Beijing intervened 3 wks sooner." https://t.co/YJRCxYH5Sa
— Jonathan Swan (@jonathanvswan) March 18, 2020