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China bought us eight weeks of ramp up time? Was that before or after suppressing information about the issue for almost two months including getting WHO to cl

China bought us eight weeks of ramp up time? Was that before or after suppressing information about the issue for almost two months including getting WHO to claim there was no evidence of human-to-human transmission in January?

ireflect 7y ago
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mistermann 7y ago
The experts in charge should not need a formal news release from China before taking action. While China may very well be at fault for an initial coverup, using that fact as an excuse for inaction is inexcusable. You may have the right of way walking across the street, but if a car runs over you, you're still dead regardless of what your "rights" are.
jeltz 7y ago
China fucking up and being slow to react does not excuse everyone else doing it too. And, yes, eight weeks after China stopped lying.
jdkee 7y ago
Reliance on the WHO is insanity given their kow-towing to Chinese political pressure. The U.S. intelligence agencies were on this in January. See https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/03/25/coronavirus-worst-intelligence-failure-us-history-covid-19/ https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/03/25/coronavirus-worst-intel... See also https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/us-intelligence-reports-from-january-and-february-warned-about-a-likely-pandemic/2020/03/20/299d8cda-6ad5-11ea-b5f1-a5a804158597_story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/us-intellig... We had 56 days (8 weeks) to prepare. To ramp up masks, gowns, ventilators and possible treatments such as hyrdoxycholorquine/Z-pak as a treatment despite the lack of double blind peer reviewed data. This is an unmitigated disaster brought on by a failure of national leadership. On that note, I am watching Dr. Who "The Talons of Weng-Chiang" on PBS in self-isolation to distract me from the unfolding horror that is our hospitals.

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China bought us eight weeks of ramp up time? Was that before or after suppressing information about the issue for almost two months including getting WHO to cl

by foobiekr 7y ago

ireflect 7y ago
After
mistermann 7y ago
The experts in charge should not need a formal news release from China before taking action. While China may very well be at fault for an initial coverup, using that fact as an excuse for inaction is inexcusable. You may have the right of way walking across the street, but if a car runs over you, you're still dead regardless of what your "rights" are.
jeltz 7y ago
China fucking up and being slow to react does not excuse everyone else doing it too. And, yes, eight weeks after China stopped lying.
jdkee 7y ago
Reliance on the WHO is insanity given their kow-towing to Chinese political pressure. The U.S. intelligence agencies were on this in January. See https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/03/25/coronavirus-worst-intelligence-failure-us-history-covid-19/ https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/03/25/coronavirus-worst-intel... See also https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/us-intelligence-reports-from-january-and-february-warned-about-a-likely-pandemic/2020/03/20/299d8cda-6ad5-11ea-b5f1-a5a804158597_story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/us-intellig... We had 56 days (8 weeks) to prepare. To ramp up masks, gowns, ventilators and possible treatments such as hyrdoxycholorquine/Z-pak as a treatment despite the lack of double blind peer reviewed data. This is an unmitigated disaster brought on by a failure of national leadership. On that note, I am watching Dr. Who "The Talons of Weng-Chiang" on PBS in self-isolation to distract me from the unfolding horror that is our hospitals.