Had China acted sooner, none of us would be in this mess.

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Had China acted sooner, none of us would be in this mess.
Steven Ahle 'Study Finds 95% of Worldwide Cases of DTMNBN Could Have Been Prevented if China Had Acted Earlier', April 1, 2020.

The study was conducted by researchers at the University of Southampton and considered non-pharmaceutical interventions such as travel restrictions and single case isolation. Researchers found that their research model indicated that 95% of cases would have been prevented if China had acted three weeks earlier. Intervention one week earlier would have resulted in 66% mitigation, while two weeks would have led to 86% fewer cases. “Our study demonstrates how important it is for countries which are facing an imminent outbreak to proactively plan a coordinated response which swiftly tackles the spread of the disease on a number of fronts,” said study author Dr. Shengjie Lai.

China has been excoriated by many for attempting to cover up its culpability in the spread of the virus, the Chinese even went so far as to accuse the US military of planting the virus in China. China's government must understand that the entire world will hold them responsible for their evil here. Their evil has nothing to do with other governments. Let us all pray for the collapse of their vicious, authoritarian regime. The US should immediately rescind any cultural property MOUs and other arrangements with the Rogue State of China.