> What exactly do you suggest China ought to have done to prevent it from spreading outside of China? Well, at the very least, take it seriously when there wer

> What exactly do you suggest China ought to have done to prevent it from spreading outside of China? Well, at the very least, take it seriously when there were the first reports of "new viral pneumonia" in Wuhan, instead of locking up or censoring people who reported that. Yes, this doesn't mean that other countries did not take it as seriously as they should have, and perhaps containment might have failed nevertheless. Still, it was a spectacular failure with long-lasting consequences on every other country in the world. That, IMO, deserves blame, no matter if other governments are doing the same errors.