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Originally Posted by blueash
Who is "us"? A few conspiracy pushers think "the act" was deliberate. I am unaware of any other people thinking it was. This whole blame China reeks of deflection. What has happened here is on us, our government, our planning, ourselves. We knew it was coming, we knew how bad it might be [not it would be, but it might be] and our leadership local to national downplayed it, said we'd be fine, it was only one case here or there and it would all go away before it spread.
China did not know what was coming, did not know how bad it could be, and shut down Wuhan 13 days after the first recognized death, more quickly than we shut down our epicenters. Shame on us, both parties.
On Mar 1 NYC had its first positive patient. The mayor said go about your business. On Mar 15 NYC schools were closed by the governor and ordered bars and restaurants would close on Mar 17. That is 16 days after the first confirmed case and by that time metro NYC had hundreds of cases. NYC has never been shut down, unlike Wuhan where shelter in place was ordered. Now tell me again how China was too slow and is entirely to blame for all the COVID problems here. Wuhan is a bigger city than NY.
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Look at what you said here:
"This whole blame China reeks of deflection. What has happened here is on us, our government, our planning, ourselves. …China did not know what was coming, did not know how bad it could be, and shut down Wuhan 13 days after the first recognized death, more quickly than we shut down our epicenters. Shame on us, both parties."
Poor China, I feel so bad for them. We are so mean to them, aren’t we?
However, I actually agree with you about both parties being to blame, but in the context of domestic donkeys and elephants. There are examples of POTUS’s early comments along with the Speakers public denial in Chinatown SF of any virus problem in late Feb. There are also many examples of prestige media saying it was a non-problem an no worries, mixed with condemnations of supposed xenophobia, racism and the usual verbal clubs.
Human nature being what it is, very few of us would have consented to a lockdown much sooner than it occurred. It’s also inevitable this will become politicized and we’ll each be convinced the other side are wacko extremists etc., and vote accordingly in November.
For the record, no one has evidence that the CCP deliberately unleashed the Wuhan virus as a weapon but there is evidence it likely came out of the CCP’s bioweapons lab in some form or fashion. The IC is analyzing it … maybe we’ll hear something publicly at some point, and maybe not. That could have a certain pucker factor associated with it, depending on what they find, but especially if they conclude the virus was, in effect, a biological 9/11.
The real issue is what should we be doing to counter the threat posed by the CCP to our country. That’s a more fruitful area for discussion and education IMO. You have excellent analytical skills. You could put them to use, for example, by providing a constructive critique of this video, which I posted earlier, but repeat here for convenience. I’m sure many would be interested to read your detailed analysis of what the Brigadier General says herein. (note: this interview occurred before the virus issue emerged)
Is the US-China Trade War a Cold War? (w/ Kyle Bass and Gen. Robert Spalding) - YouTube
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