Speaking of blindness to reality. With so many new cases in South Korea, Iran and Italy, the likelihood of containment is very small. This coronavirus will stress all infrastructure. Are we ready? We may be discussing Medicare for at least all over 50 long before the election.https://twitter.com/BNODesk/status/1231391048221499393 …
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Updating thread with new details on how Chinese authorities blocked crucial information. But note: once again, Chinese scientists defied the authorities. A professor published the SARS-CoV-2 genomic sequence without authorization. His lab was shuttered. https://apnews.com/3c061794970661042b18d5aeaaed9fae …pic.twitter.com/QFjqDktHpQ
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Well. US intelligence agencies have reportedly concluded the same thing as my February article on top of this thread: that local Wuhan officials kept central Chinese government in the dark, well into mid-January. Authoritarians encourage lying to them. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/19/world/asia/china-coronavirus-beijing-trump.html …pic.twitter.com/wuGKhIJDoo
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It's possible bordering on likely that they weren't informed because people were fearful of retaliation or being sent to a "re-education camp"
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It’s Chernobyl syndrome. A culture of fear and authoritarianism makes the lower tiers terrified to report the facts on the ground.
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