Posted on Jan 27, 2020

Did China downplay the coronavirus outbreak early on?

LTC Eugene Chu

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"A new study, published on January 24 in The Lancet, helps explain why. The authors — Chinese researchers, and doctors working in Wuhan — paint a very different portrait of the first days of the outbreak. They suggest the virus — and its spread among humans — took off weeks earlier than Chinese officials said."

Did China downplay the coronavirus outbreak early on?

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SP5 Dennis Loberger

Posted 5 y ago

They didn't reveal it until they recognized they could not contain it. My suspicion is that the numbers they share are not close to the reality of the outbreak

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CPT Paul Whitmer

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I find it concerning that Wuhan is also the site of China’s most advanced virus research laboratory, known as the Wuhan Institute of Virology. The laboratory is the only declared site in China capable of working with deadly viruses. Did security protocol fail?

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LTC Eugene Chu

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Some wonder if that is blame

https://metro.co.uk/2020/01/24/us-warned-virus-escape-lab-near-coronavirus-epicentre-12114591/

US warned virus could 'escape' from lab near coronavirus epicentre

In 2017, scientists spoke of their worry about a laboratory in Wuhan built to research SARS and Ebola.

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CPT Paul Whitmer

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I'd also add that the figures of inflected and deceased are likely "managed" by the government in China. These figures could potentially be many times greater than reported.

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