To be clear I’m just playing devils advocate, but how can we be certain the virus originated in Wuhan? There's quite possibly information I'm not aware of that refutes this, but isn’t it equally likely that it was first discovered there and it originated somewhere else given the number of asymptomatic cases?

I find it difficult to understand how anyone is going to take action when the media trumpets that COVID isn't an issue much of January and February of this year. [1][2][3]

[1]: https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/time-for-a-reality-che...

[2]: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/18/world/europe/coronavirus-...

[3]: https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/01/29/8008132...

It wasn't just Trump downplaying. I have emails from my employer about it from early February saying that "common influenza" still represented a greater risk. This was based on CDC/medical expert advise, no doubt.