[pubstik]

It is painfully obvious that china concealed the beginnings of the outbreak, no matter your personal political beliefs, or nationality.

To assert anything else, particularly under the guise of (so and so also did this), highlights your comment as insincere. Lets keep the politics out of HN.

[hodgesrm]

It's also true that many if not most countries have been reluctant to face up to the scale of the pandemic. It remains to be seen whether the Chinese government's obfuscation will turn out to be more or less damaging to the overall response than the inaction of other governments. We're a long way from the end of this episode.

[xster]

TL;DR no matter what you think, I'm right. If you think anything else, you're a horrible person. First and final word, let's stop talking about it. This is not a cult /s

> The officials asked not to be identified because the report is secret, and they declined to detail its contents.

These days, I'm going to be more surprised if journalism didn't start with this since the overton window moved so much that this is the norm now.