The Chinese government (not doctors) have a general principle of wanting to control information and this was certainly the case in the beginning, when this viru

The Chinese government (not doctors) have a general principle of wanting to control information and this was certainly the case in the beginning, when this virus first appeared. If you're bringing Trump into this, he did very similar, seeking to downplay the issue and deny that there was a spreading infection in the USA. There's a lot of back tracking, cognitive dissonance and "oh, but he actually meant..." about what he very clearly did, which was to downplay, deny and lie about the spread of the virus, exactly like the Chinese government did initially. Except that it was not known what the potential for this virus was in the early days when the Chinese government was attempting suppression, but Trump did or should have known when he started talking about it's spread in the US. To lump all Chinese doctors together as untrustworthy liars seems to be a mix of ignorance and narrow minded racism. It was Chinese doctors that identified this, reported it and then went whistle blower to make the knowledge widely available. It was them that dealt with this first, worked with the WHO to identify the disease symptoms and progression and fed a lot of the scientific research about this. Without them we'd be even further behind. If you looked through your stupefying fog you'd see that China is now taking the opposite approach and using their knowledge and resources for soft power influence around the world. It is in their interest to be effective in tackling this around the world and they are providing equipment and people to other countries (although some of the receiving countries are paying for this). so they've gone from early days of suppression, to building & strengthening future relationships by sharing their knowledge.