The claim that China "botched" its early response is a lie. It takes time to identify that a new viral epidemic is occurring, especially one with a long incubation period and asymptomatic transmission. The WHO has repeatedly held up China's response as a model for the world
https://www.vox.com/2020/3/26/21184238/coronavirus-china-authoritarian-system-democracy … Beauchamp here has it spot on. One of the great myths of history is that authoritarian regimes are somehow ultra-efficient. Time and again, when those claims are examined dispassionately, they fall apart; flimsy lies and PR The trains never ran on time.
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And yet it continues to rely on a slippery narrative of Li’s whistleblower status (not quite what the Western press has made it to be) and pervasive racism labeling the virus as “homegrown” in China, attributing malice to a whole group of people through shoddy word choice.
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The thesis of the article is fine but it would perhaps be better if it could be made without casual racism.
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Interesting that the author quotes three democratic countries where although they are democratic, the governments still have the ability to wield pretty draconian powers. Old saying about Singapore is "Singapore is a fine country: you get fined for everything”pic.twitter.com/aPO22frUfd
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China stopped
#coronavirus - the rest is noise at the momentKiitos. Käytämme tätä aikajanasi parantamiseen. KumoaKumoa
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