The parent comment argued nothing of the sort. It said simply: > "The Chinese Government is squarely to blame for this situation. Could it have been prevented

The parent comment argued nothing of the sort. It said simply: > "The Chinese Government is squarely to blame for this situation. Could it have been prevented if they had acted responsibly? I don't know" The parent comment made no statements about how it could never happen in another country. It was specifically about the Chinese government's mishandling -- it was you who injected the bit about the US.