Nothing going on here, folks just move along

what? no bats sold in that "wet market"?

headsup Instapundit

the continual lies and deception, including punishing whistleblowers, are  main reason that supports that the wuhanflu came out of the biolab, probably accidental from being sloppy.

I have worked public health: When you have a cluster of infections, you report it. When there were six cases of unknown viral pneumonia in Wuhan hospitals in December, there should have been a "headsup" to investigate what was gonig on, not a punishment of a doctor who posted about it on the social media.

Everyone here in Asia are aware of the poor quality control in what we buy from China: And this covers accidental contamination of toys/dogfood/medicine... and what is worse, the deliberate practice of using cheap, toxic ingredients or making substandard products to make a profit.

the best way to understand the mindset of covering up something to "save face" is to watch the miniseries Chernobyl, where everyone was lying about what had happened to keep it a secret, until they realized that the West knew about it anyway, and then a few honest people insisted on recognizing the reality of what was happening.

The fact that China did not stop millions from leaving the Wuhan area for Chinese new year means that no one was willing to admit there was a problem: They were still insisting that it was not spread "person to person" even at the end of January when Trumpieboy shut down flights from China and was broadly condemned by China, the WHO, and a lot of liberals in the US MSM.

In the meanwhile, China has expanded their aggression in the West Philippine sea: they just deliberately sank a Vietnamese fishing boat.

 (which is why I condemned the hysteria of that aircraft carrier captain who had just visited VietNam... instead of coping and disinfecting, he essentially took one of the most important Naval assets in the area out of commission.)

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update...

Austin Bay discusses China's increased aggression in the west Philippine sea while the world is preoccupied with the Wuhan virus,

more HERE: