The evidence of Chinaās deliberate cover-up of the coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan is a matter of public record. In suppressing information about the virus, doing little to contain it, and allowing it to spread unchecked in the crucial early days and weeks, the regime imperiled not only its own country and its own citizens but also the more than 100 nations now facing their own potentially devastating outbreaks. More perniciously, the Chinese government censored and detained those brave doctors and whistleblowers who attempted to sound the alarm and warn their fellow citizens when they understood the gravity of what was to come.
Some American commentators and Democratic politicians are aghast at Donald Trump and Republicans for referring to the pandemic as the āWuhan virusā and repeatedly pointing to China as the source of the pandemic. In naming the disease COVID-19, the World Health Organization specifically avoided mentioning Wuhan. Yet in de-emphasizing where the epidemic began (something China has been aggressively pushing for), we run the risk of obscuring Beijingās role in letting the disease spread beyond its borders.
China has a history of mishandling outbreaks, including SARS in 2002 and 2003. But Chinese leadersā negligence in December and Januaryāfor well over a month after the first outbreak in Wuhanāfar surpasses those bungled responses. The end of last year was the time for authorities to act, and, as Nicholas D. Kristof of The New York Times has noted, āact decisively they didānot against the virus, but against whistle-blowers who were trying to call attention to the public health threat.ā More by Shadi Hamid
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Donāt know about you, but Iām gonna be looking for some payback from the ChiComs when the dust settles. Big time!!!!!
Some American commentators and Democratic politicians are aghast at Donald Trump and Republicans for referring to the pandemic as the āWuhan virusā and repeatedly pointing to China as the source of the pandemic. In naming the disease COVID-19, the World Health Organization specifically avoided mentioning Wuhan. Yet in de-emphasizing where the epidemic began (something China has been aggressively pushing for), we run the risk of obscuring Beijingās role in letting the disease spread beyond its borders.
China has a history of mishandling outbreaks, including SARS in 2002 and 2003. But Chinese leadersā negligence in December and Januaryāfor well over a month after the first outbreak in Wuhanāfar surpasses those bungled responses. The end of last year was the time for authorities to act, and, as Nicholas D. Kristof of The New York Times has noted, āact decisively they didānot against the virus, but against whistle-blowers who were trying to call attention to the public health threat.ā More by Shadi Hamid
(Excerpt) Read more at theatlantic.com ...
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Donāt know about you, but Iām gonna be looking for some payback from the ChiComs when the dust settles. Big time!!!!!
