This whole piece but especially the bit about how we probably could have been safely socializing outdoors this whole time https://twitter.com/longform/status/1366216181099737090 …pic.twitter.com/x3q5Cc9l8N
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It's been widely reported and confirmed that, indeed, Wuhan authorities hid the extend of the problem from their superiors and central government learned of the extent of the problem till much later—well into January. Then they acted. Which is what I had deduced and wrote.
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