[dunkelheit]

By now we know much more about the virus and the threat is evident so the situation is not really comparable to the start of the outbreak.

I guess a lot of "what if it started in another country" scenarios can be debated, ranging from "another government wouldn't cover up the real situation so the virus would be quickly contained" to "western governments wouldn't have the balls to quickly enact proper quarantine measures so the virus would spread much more quickly" but is it really productive? At this point these debates are pure speculation.

[gdubs]

I the 21st century we should be able to do better then speculate and have a clear idea of what the proper response is to a virus like this or any other.