The story should have been short and sweet. A couple of cases of strange pneumonia popped up in Wuhan. Local health officials trace the victims and contacts. People are quarantined. Spread is held to 20 or 30 people. Maybe 200 or 300 people.
But what actually happened was - initial investigation shows that open market was owned by VIP or secret lab had accidentally released virus. Local health officials did not want to go to jail for life. So they started a coverup. Cases exploded. Beijing got word and heads started to roll.
Meanwhile in the United States, the military knew about the virus within 1 week. Maybe the President was notified. Nothing was done for 3 months or more.
Now the US stock market is down 40% - thousands have died agonizing deaths - all of the USA is in lockdown - and the rich have 2 trillion more to play with. The rest of the world has suffered similarly.
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