[partiallypro]

I said that was one of -many- examples. Try reading around. China even went so far as to blame the outbreak on the US. Sounds a lot like the Soviet era. https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/02/15/coronavirus-xi-jinping-...

Outside of just lying about case numbers...

"But by Feb. 5, the funeral parlors and crematoriums were reported to be having problems keeping up with the disposal of the dead in Wuhan. Though no data was provided to address the matter, Wuhan’s lockdown was endangering not only the lives of coronavirus-infected individuals but also those of thousands of people who required medications and occasional treatment for such things as HIV infection, kidney disease, diabetes, and hypertension. Hospitals no longer welcomed them, medicines were running out, yet there is no count of their numbers or deaths."

"As the makeshift quarantine facilities filled, questions arose about their safety, as people were stacked side by side and shared toilet facilities. There was clear evidence that the coronavirus disease could be spread via feces or the off-gassing from overused toilets and taxed plumbing."

Sounds like they've been everything but competent.

[yibg]

Trust and theatre perhaps; and there is certainly a lot of precedence for it from China. And I don't think anyone is taking the news and numbers from China at face value.

Flip it around a bit. China has taken the actions they have to contain the virus, there are some indications of success. You think it's not enough or not done correctly. What would you have done instead?

[vkou]

Mind you, the US currently has a President that blames the milk going sour on Mexicans, thermometers showing higher temperatures on China, and the colour of his hair on LED light bulbs. Half the country does not believe that this makes him incompetent...

> Sounds like they've been everything but competent.

If you think that our cities are any more prepared for an epidemic of this magnitude... I don't know what to say.

I will point out, however, that the US has fewer ICU beds across the entire country (Most of which are currently occupied), than there are documented COVID-19 cases in one city in China.

If an outbreak occurs here, do you really think that we will have enough medical resources to provide quality care for everyone? If yes - what are you, and your legislators doing, to put us in that situation? Because with our current medical infrastructure, we are not in that situation.