> China had an obligation to its citizens and to the world. The CCP decided they didn't care if the virus went worldwide. That's homicide, and they should pay for making people whole again.
I'm no fan of the CCP, but this is ridiculous. In your hypothetical world where China takes action to prevent this, what would they have done? The common reaction from public health professionals to the Hubei lockdown was that it was unprecedented and was unlikely to work (e.g. [1]). Are you saying that it's reasonable to expect them to have done more, sooner?
Permanent ban on wet markets before December first 2019 would have been a good start. A media campaign to get people to stop buying into "traditional Chinese medicine" would have been good too. Make them use that propaganda machine for something good for once.
No excuses for this one. China could have done something and not only choose not to, but actively attempted to surpress information about the disease. They're lying about every number related to this crisis. They are manipulating the WHO. This is a country which claims that "only" a "few hundred died" in tiananmen square. The 50 cent army actively brigades many types of anti-CCP dissent at home and abroad.
Yes. It's reasonable for them to have done more sooner. They had an obligation to do more sooner.
I'm no fan of the CCP, but this is ridiculous. In your hypothetical world where China takes action to prevent this, what would they have done? The common reaction from public health professionals to the Hubei lockdown was that it was unprecedented and was unlikely to work (e.g. [1]). Are you saying that it's reasonable to expect them to have done more, sooner?
[1] https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/unprecedented-chinese-...