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> Indeed, that was their initial message to the public for this virus. You're going to have to source that because I have a friend who lives in China and he wa
by celticmusic 7y ago
> Indeed, that was their initial message to the public for this virus.
You're going to have to source that because I have a friend who lives in China and he was telling me from the start that China was surprisingly open about all of it.
- sgustard 7y agoSource: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/01/world/asia/china-coronavirus.html https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/01/world/asia/china-coronavi...
- ineedasername 7y agoIt appeared they were being pretty open about it, 10 days ago it was very "only a few hundred cases, and it doesn't spread easily from person to person." One first-hand account said they were telling people there hadn't been any new cases in a few days, so all was safe, go out and celebrate the new year. Now, they have the equivalent of double the population of Texas on lockdown. It's also important to realize that the Chinese government isn't quite so monolithic and in lockstep with itself as you might think. It's entirely possible that in one smaller region the local government was being open, while the wider message was the "nothing to see." That's speculation though, just mentioning it as a way they could have been both open on one level and misleading on another.