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The parts that matter are Jan 11th to the 30th. > Jan. 11–17: Important prescheduled CCP meeting held in Wuhan. During that time, the Wuhan Health Commission i
by s_y_n_t_a_x 7y ago
The parts that matter are Jan 11th to the 30th.
> Jan. 11–17: Important prescheduled CCP meeting held in Wuhan. During that time, the Wuhan Health Commission insists there are no new cases.
> Jan. 14: WHO announces Chinese authorities have seen "no clear evidence of human-to-human transmission of the novel coronavirus."
> Jan. 20: The first case announced in South Korea.
Zhong Nanshan, a top Chinese doctor who is helping to coordinate the coronavirus response, announces the virus can be passed between people.
> Jan. 23: Wuhan and three other cities are put on lockdown. Right around this time, approximately 5 million people leave the city without being screened for the illness.
> Jan. 24–30: China celebrates the Lunar New Year holiday. Hundreds of millions of people are in transit around the country as they visit relatives.
- xenyal 7y agoWhere in this timeline do you see evidence that information their healthcare system had suggesting how severe COVID-19 was, was being intentionally covered up? I just see how unfortunate it is that they realized COVID-19's severity too late, else the Wuhan residents who left prior to the lockdown would not have been able to travel as freely as they did.
- s_y_n_t_a_x 7y agoThey knew how bad it was and downplayed it until it spread to the world. Dr. Birx confirmed that they misled the experts: https://twitter.com/RealSaavedra/status/1245138898772045824?s=20 https://twitter.com/RealSaavedra/status/1245138898772045824?... > I think the medical community interpreted the Chinese data as that this was serious but smaller than anyone expected, > Because I think probably we were missing a significant amount of the data.