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Not sure if you recall, but in January China put large portions of the country under lockdown in a quarantine effort of unprecedented scale. At that point, the
by cycrutchfield 7y ago
Not sure if you recall, but in January China put large portions of the country under lockdown in a quarantine effort of unprecedented scale. At that point, the writing was on the wall that this was not something that "looked exactly like the other comparatively minor respiratory viruses that pop up every few years".
- fma 7y agoI was literally pounding my desk asking myself why is Trump taking this as a joke. I mean ok if you don't trust China, fine... But South Korea, Japan, Italy, Taiwan, Singapore. Are our allies in on the joke too? The writing was on the wall flashing in bright neon signs.
- unishark 7y agoThe timeline is interesting. The lockdown started on Jan 23. At this point they had a few thousand cases and 50 or so deaths, less than many countries have now. The announcement of transmission without symptoms came out on Jan 26. Around this time China also extended restrictions over the whole country. Many countries including the US started announcing travel restrictions on travelers from China in the next few days, to take effect around Feb 1. The WHO and China called it an overreaction.