A few things: - He had no problems locking down cities after the severity became known. Is fairly Reasonable to think that in the beginning they thought it was

A few things: - He had no problems locking down cities after the severity became known. Is fairly Reasonable to think that in the beginning they thought it was something they could keep quiet and it would go away - people in China don’t report things that might be negative for fear of consequences, he is creating a situation where he doesn’t get to know things before it’s too late this way