Communist China says America cannot hold it financially responsible for the massive losses caused by COVID-19 for two main reasons:
It locked down Wuhan; and it provided information and time in Jan & Feb for the world to act.
Neither argument withstands even casual scrutiny.
It locked down Wuhan; and it provided information and time in Jan & Feb for the world to act.
Neither argument withstands even casual scrutiny.
2. Let’s start with Communist China’s vaunted “Wuhan lockdown.”
Put simply, they botched it.
And the regime’s failure in this respect is one of the most significant and direct causes of the global spread of Covid.
Here’s how...
Put simply, they botched it.
And the regime’s failure in this respect is one of the most significant and direct causes of the global spread of Covid.
Here’s how...
3. The regime didn’t even start the Wuhan lockdown until January 23.
They acted way too slowly.
In fact, *7 MILLION PEOPLE* left Wuhan in the first 3 weeks of January, the NYT reports, even though the regime knew about the coronavirus in December 2019.
nytimes.com/interactive/20…
They acted way too slowly.
In fact, *7 MILLION PEOPLE* left Wuhan in the first 3 weeks of January, the NYT reports, even though the regime knew about the coronavirus in December 2019.
nytimes.com/interactive/20…
4. When 7 million people leave a city of 11 million AFTER officials discover the virus and BEFORE travel restrictions kick in, that’s not how you stop a global pandemic - that’s how you start one.
5. Indeed, NYT reporting shows that the Communist regime allowed international departures from Wuhan to continue and *thousands of people* - including ones with the virus - flew to cities around the world.
6. At this point, when the regime finally implements and touts its travel restriction, it’s too late.
The virus had already reached countries around the globe. It had already been “seeded by travelers from Wuhan.” Global spread is now an inescapable reality.
The virus had already reached countries around the globe. It had already been “seeded by travelers from Wuhan.” Global spread is now an inescapable reality.
7. Those first three weeks - when the communist regime botched the response - were the most critical.
As a University of Southampton study showed, if interventions had been taken three weeks earlier, cases could have been reduced by a whopping 95%
As a University of Southampton study showed, if interventions had been taken three weeks earlier, cases could have been reduced by a whopping 95%
8. Turning now to the regime’s second main argument.
Far from “providing information and time for others to act,” Communist China worked hard to PREVENT others from acting in Jan and Feb 2020.
And it used the WHO and western media in its global disinformation campaign.
Far from “providing information and time for others to act,” Communist China worked hard to PREVENT others from acting in Jan and Feb 2020.
And it used the WHO and western media in its global disinformation campaign.
9. In January and February, the Communist regime used the WHO’s facade of legitimacy to persuade the world that China’s mitigation measures were working and a global pandemic was not imminent.
The regime knew this was not the case.
The regime knew this was not the case.
10. The Communist regime and WHO also seized those valuable weeks in January and February to press false information about Covid’s lethality and undermine the science on human to human transmission.
The regime was intentionally misleading the world.
The regime was intentionally misleading the world.
11. Communist China’s foreign ministry consistently presented false info about Covid’s scope & scale.
It claimed on Jan 31, for instance, that China had already hit a peak level of cases. But even using the regime’s extreme underreporting, its cases grew over 40-fold after that.
It claimed on Jan 31, for instance, that China had already hit a peak level of cases. But even using the regime’s extreme underreporting, its cases grew over 40-fold after that.
12. Significantly, when the U.S. acted, taking the early precaution of restricting travel, Communist China kicked its disinformation campaign into high gear.
It did not support common sense action in Jan & Feb, it fought it. And with the WHO, it pressured countries to stay open.
It did not support common sense action in Jan & Feb, it fought it. And with the WHO, it pressured countries to stay open.
13. Communist China also used western media and U.S. sources to undermine and attempt slow America’s early actions to address Covid.
14. And this thread does not address the regime’s culpability for disappearing & silencing the doctors and journalists that tried to warn the world ()
Or the emerging reports from the intel community.
washingtonexaminer.com/news/majority-…
Or the emerging reports from the intel community.
washingtonexaminer.com/news/majority-…
