U.S. Hits Record Daily Death Toll, with Worse Likely to Come

Re:U.S. Hits Record Daily Death Toll, with Worse Likely to Come by Dirlewanger on Thursday December 03, 2020 @11:45AM (#25290865)

>how unfortunate this virus was allowed to spread so long before the world was told about it.

Blame China. I'm frankly shocked at how few international repercussions they've gotten. Any sane rational nation would be issuing economic sanctions left and right for their inept, pathetic handling of the pandemic.

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Re:U.S. Hits Record Daily Death Toll, with Worse Likely to Come by porpoise on Thursday December 03, 2020 @12:20PM (#25291451)

If by "inept, pathetic handling of the pandemic" you mean the cover-up or data fudging accusations, I highly recommend the four part series in Quillette that examines the merit of these charges:

https://quillette.com/category/covid-19/china-syndrome-serie...

Here's the Twitter thread where the author introduced the series and gave some helpful backgrounds:

https://twitter.com/phl43/status/1298053847844368386

As he says:

"Again, I know that many of you are skeptical, but this essay has required a ridiculous amount of work and I'm really confident about the conclusions I reach, so I hope you will read it with an open-mind. I will post the other parts in this thread as they are published."

The author also has very helpful comments on the recent CNN leak

https://mobile.twitter.com/phl43/status/1333563577324761091

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Re:U.S. Hits Record Daily Death Toll, with Worse Likely to Come by jdhn on Thursday December 03, 2020 @12:00PM (#25291102)

I remember when Trump issued travel restrictions on China, only to be scolded for being xenophobic.

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