China virus

Evidence surrounding China's handling of the virus is slowly coming out and some of it indicates mishandling to the point of negligence. China first became aware of the virus in early December but did not alert the world until the end of the month during which time Chinese continued to travel around the world in large numbers including 8,000 per day to the USA. All during January they continued their world travels and on January 31st Trump announced a ban on visitors from China. During this time China placed large orders for (personal protection equipment) PPE around the world indicating that they new the potential danger in the virus. This is from Axios a left leaning publication. Why it matters:A study published in March indicated that if Chinese authorities had acted three weeks earlier than they did, the number of coronavirus cases could have been reduced by 95% and its geographic spread limited.