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> What would've been even more effective: Not lying about the outbreak, not suppressing information for two months, not downplaying the risk and keeping everyth
by jhoechtl 7y ago
> What would've been even more effective: Not lying about the outbreak, not suppressing information for two months, not downplaying the risk and keeping everything running as usual, just to save face. Until shit hits the fan, at which point local government becomes the scapegoat.
It's hard to tell whether you are talking about the US, UK or China
- gridlockd 7y ago> It's hard to tell whether you are talking about the US, UK or China It isn't, if you have read the paragraphs immediately preceding the one you cited. To be specific, I'm talking about the one government that: - had the initial outbreak - arrested the people who were first warning the public about the outbreak for "spreading rumors" - banned researchers from genetic sequencing of the virus and have them destroy the samples - banned people from discussing the disease in public https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_2019%E2%80%9320_coronavirus_pandemic_in_November_2019_%E2%80%93_January_2020 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_2019%E2%80%932...