Cover Up Culture and COVID-19 in China
1/ I want to make my position clear before I start. I don't think it's fair to blame any one nation or population for a disease, but the MISHANDLING of an outbreak is another matter. This thread is about how the COVER-UP culture of the #CCP has led the world to where it is today.
2/ "According to the government data seen by the Post, a 55 year-old from Hubei province could have been the first person to have contracted Covid-19 on Nov 17." On Dec 27 2019, it's determined that the disease was caused by a new #coronavirus.
10/ On Jan 13, Thailand became ground zero for #coronavirus' international outbreak. By then, the disease's no longer confined to the city of #Wuhan. Confirmed cases would be reported in the US, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan over the following days.
11/ China denied the possibility of sustained human-to-human transmission, and @WHO tweeted the findings on Jan 14, giving the statement "credibility".
12/ However, evidence has later emerged that casts doubts on the China's findings. The screenshot below allegedly shows that human-to-human transmission among hospital workers was detected as early as late Dec.
13/ On Jan 19, just 4 days before the lockdown of #Wuhan, the Chinese authorities still insisted that the virus was "preventable and controllable."
15/ On Jan 20, cases were first reported from outside Hubei province, including in Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen. Only then did the China's health ministry confirm that the virus could be spread by human-to-human contact.
16/ The mayor of #Wuhan later admitted on state TV that he was not "authorised" to disclose info about the epidemic earlier on. (Video in link inside).
18/ As to how the incompetent responses of the @WHO have further hindered the global effort to contain the outbreak, please see the thread below. (Thread linked has since been deleted).
19/ "This timeline, compiled from information reported by the @WSJ, the @washingtonpost, the @SCMPNews and other sources, shows that China's cover-up and the delay in serious measures to contain the virus lasted about three weeks."