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Re:Tokyo Olympics “looking at a cancellation” if coronavirus... by celticninja on Wednesday February 26, 2020 @05:03AM (#22421750)
In part likely due to the fact that China misled everyone so significantly in the beginning other countries could not plan appropriately
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Re:Tokyo Olympics “looking at a cancellation” if coronavirus... by Cookingboy on Wednesday February 26, 2020 @02:24PM (#22426312)
Ok, which part did China mislead people? China told the world the virus can be transmitted asymptomatically, can be transmitted human to human, with a 14 days incubation period, and provided all the clinical data.
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Re:Tokyo Olympics “looking at a cancellation” if coronavirus... by celticninja on Wednesday February 26, 2020 @07:31PM (#22429109)
Probably worth reading this:

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/feb/26/the-re...

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Re:Tokyo Olympics “looking at a cancellation” if coronavirus... by celticninja on Wednesday February 26, 2020 @06:55PM (#22428855)
It misled people by hiding the extent of the problem, by harassing and prosecuting doctors who were raising awareness. Their first response was to suppress warnings.
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