Didn't know I was dealing with a complete imbecile.
Ever heard of MERS? Also known as MERS-CoV. Guess what the CoV stands for -- CORONAVIRUS. Has killed thousands officially and in secretive countries like Saudi Arabia, probably a lot more. And it transfers from human-to-human.
Chinese government literally suppressed information by either being ignorant or simply not giving a damn. Either way they were completely incompetent and are at fault for it becoming as bad as it did.
"Dr Li, 34, tried to send a message to fellow medics about the outbreak at the end of December. Three days later police paid him a visit and told him to stop. He returned to work and caught the virus from a patient. He had been in hospital for at least three weeks.
On 30 December he sent a message to fellow doctors in a chat group warning them about the outbreak and advising they wear protective clothing to avoid infection.
What Dr Li didn't know then was that the disease that had been discovered was an entirely new coronavirus.
Four days later he was summoned to the Public Security Bureau where he was told to sign a letter. In the letter he was accused of "making false comments" that had "severely disturbed the social order".
"We solemnly warn you: If you keep being stubborn, with such impertinence, and continue this illegal activity, you will be brought to justice - is that understood?" Underneath in Dr Li's handwriting is written: "Yes, I do."
He was one of eight people who police said were being investigated for "spreading rumours".
At the end of January, Dr Li published a copy of the letter on Weibo and explained what had happened. In the meantime, local authorities had apologised to him but that apology came too late.
For the first few weeks of January officials in Wuhan were insisting that only those who came into contact with infected animals could catch the virus. No guidance was issued to protect doctors.
But just a week after his visit from the police, Dr Li was treating a woman with glaucoma. He didn't know that she had been infected with the new coronavirus."
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Now tell me again how they could've done nothing.
The amount of people talking about viruses now on ET having done NO reading at all is astounding. Either read up on the subject or shut up.