[lm28469]

> If < the lab leak is confirmed then China knew much earlier than the rest of the world just how bad what they were dealing with was and apparently didn't communicate it that way.

If you set your building on fire by mistake you ring the neighbours to tell them to get out before the whole building burns, if you don't do it you can't blame the people living on the top floor for not being prepared

[powerapple]

What I am trying to say is that, after Wuhan lockdown, we have European health minister saying it is a hygiene problem and American politicians say it is a flu, and media painted the lockdown to be unnecessary and human rights crisis, is something I didn't understand. Wuhan lockdown is not a secret operation.

Anyway, I think the world should take a different view on lock down now. I would imagine technology in next 10 years would enable average person to launch bio attack in any city, and we need to have a way to deal with it better than 2020.