For more explanation, see these links:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22606977
https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...
Especially it wouldn't mean any research result was destroyed just strands of the virus kept in places where it's not safe to keep them.
This would be really sad that a media outed completely turned around the facts to put blame on China... I mean let's be honest if it would have started in the USA (like ironically the Spanish flue did, even through it had Spanish in it's name) then I'm pretty sure the results would have been far worse then they are now.
No: look at Taiwan. They started acting immediately on the 29th of December and escalated very early January.
Did Taiwan have information that other countries did not? Or why did they act so quickly when other countries did not?
Certainly not from China.
"“” When the severity of the virus is unknown, many companies have been commissioned by different hospitals to perform sequencing. After the National Centers for Disease Control received the report, they ordered all units without safety qualifications to destroy all virus samples. Less than two weeks later, the full virus sequencing results were made available to the world. "“”
I found that it's deplorable that so many white politicians and media practitioners lack professionalism and wisdom that caused so much severe spread around the world. Look at South Korean, it should be served as manual for pandemic crisis resolutions.