| > I don’t think it’s possible to claim that you have the ‘correct’ source of information. What does this mean? I read the WHO reports at the time, and they are still the same. They are "incorrect" in the sense they didn't know things at the start, but they are a correct historical record. > It is well reported that a doctor who identified the virus early on was forced to lie and claim he was mistaken. Indeed. And look what happened to the officials who forced him to do that. > Are you really so certain that your timeline is accurate? Yes, absolutely - which is why I'm so surprised at the "blame China" narrative. I'd be quite interested to understand why you think it could be wrong? It was less than a year ago, and the information is all publicly accessible. I was following Covid from early and ordered masks in late January. The WHO started publishing daily updates at[2] from Jan 21 and prior to that on[3]. People knew and were making preparations for a SARS type epidemic - I'd suggest you read some to see how much people knew and how seriously they were taking it. Their update on Jan 21 reports: Additional investigations are needed to determine how the patients were infected, the extent of human-to-human transmission, the clinical spectrum of disease, and the geographic range of infection. [4] (note the human-to-human transmission bit) [1] https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/20/chinese-inquir... [2] https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2... [3] https://www.who.int/docs/default-source/coronaviruse/situati... [4] https://www.who.int/csr/don/21-january-2020-novel-coronaviru... |