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SPECIAL ANALYSIS: U.S. took two-and-a-half years to identify #HIV/AIDS after the discovery of the first symptomatic case in the country, #China discovered, identified and contained #COVID19 within a few months.
By: Roger Stoll
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In the #US , over half a million people have died of #HIV/AIDS; worldwide that same number die every year. Even now, in the U.S., 13,000 die each year of the disease.
#COVID19 #covidsafe #China #covidsafe
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On December 26, Dr. Zhang saw four patients at the hospital with flu-like symptoms, an elderly couple and their son, and a seller from the seafood market.
#lockdownhustle
#COVID19 #covidsafe #pandemic
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On December 27, Dr. Zhang reported the cases to the hospital chief, Dr. Xia Wenguang, who then reported to the local Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Over the next two days, four more cases appeared..
#lockdownhustle #covidsafe #pandemic

On December 29, Dr. Xia discussed the cases with ten experts from various medical disciplines and reported to #Hubei Province’s CDC, which began epidemiological research that very day.
On December 30, Hubei’s CDC reported to #China ’s national CDC.
#COVID19 #pandemic
#covidsafe

On December 29, Dr. Xia discussed the cases with ten experts from various medical disciplines and reported to Hubei Province’s CDC, which began epidemiological research that very day.
On December 30, Hubei’s CDC reported to #China ’s national CDC.

On January 3, the new virus was identified, and within a week, Chinese scientists had sequenced the genome and shared the data with the world.
#COVID19 #covidsafe #pandemic

The U.S. government has failed to protect its own population from #COVID19 while continuing bi-partisan wars that effectively turn the #pandemic into a bio-weapon. Historians will undoubtedly view this moment of #USA history with particular revulsion.