Thread by @kurteichenwald

I understand the blaming China thing! Trump would have handled COVID perfectly if:

1. China hadn't lied that there were only 15 cases & would soon go down to 0 when there were many multiples more than that.

2. China hadnt said the disease would magically disappear in April.../1

...3. China hadnt refused to work with the WHO, cut off all of their funding, and refused to participate in the global search for a vaccine.

4. China hadn't called demands that it address the spreading disease "the Western nations' new hoax.".../2

...5. China hadn't endlessly praised the United States efforts on dealing with COVID-19, and President Xi didn't say he was working personally with Trump to contain the virus, that Trump was doing a great job, and that China was aggressively helping the United States..../3

...6. China hadn't simply put in a partial ban on people leaving Wuhan, proclaimed that was all it needed to do, then said it's "ban" (when it was a partial ban) had saved billions of lives.

7. China hadn't delayed for months before taking the disease seriously..../4

...8. China hadn't refused to use WHO testing kits, tried to develop its own - with no contingency plan if it failed - then had some of the world's worst testing.

9. China hadn't said that its people had to be "warriors" in the face of the disease so the economy could open.../5

...10. China hadn't ignored health experts.

11. China hadnt proposed untested "treatments" based on 1 study that was retracted for errors, misrepresented the retracted study's findings, ignored its health ministry about the treatment's dangers, and had state TV promote it..../6

...12. China hadnt proposed studying whether to inject its citizens with disinfectants or shoving lights inside of them.

13. President Xi refused to wear a mask despite the begging of health experts, undermining the message that wearing masks would help limit spread.../7

...14. President Xi hadn't refused to conduct a public education program by using his bully pulpit, showing people how to properly wear and remove a mask, how to wash hands to prevent spread and infection, how to maintain social distancing, and instead blew it all off.../8

...15. President Xi hadn't failed to prepare with sufficient personal protective equipment for health care workers, then when hospital personnel said they needed some, told them they were liars or stealing the supplies..../9

...I could keep going with other lies, mistakes, and the pathological incapability of President Xi in admitting error, but the list is simply too long.

Wait a minute...I just checked my notes.

Trump did all that. And then spent his time blaming others like a 5 year old.

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