After China announced there was human-to-human transmission, European countries did almost nothing for another month. The US took even longer to take any serious actions. Do you really think things would have been different if China had announced human-to-human transmission 5-10 days earlier?
> After China announced there was human-to-human transmission, European countries did almost nothing for another month.
No, they started procuring masks and other PPE, but found that China had already conquered that market, before their announcement.
They could have told the US and European countries that the possibility of a modified virus lab-leak cannot be ruled out. Instead they started destroying samples, muzzle scientists, and had all their embassies push that WIV was a conspiracy theory, before any scientific investigation had even looked at it.
> The US took even longer to take any serious actions.
Yes. Was terrible to see. Can't even muster the mood to defend that.
> Do you really think things would have been different if China had announced human-to-human transmission 5-10 days earlier?
Yes. And a major moral difference. 5-50 days of valuable time. 5-50 more WHO meetings where Tedros says the window to act is getting smaller before Achilles will overtake the Tortoise.
After China announced there was human-to-human transmission, European countries did almost nothing for another month. The US took even longer to take any serious actions. Do you really think things would have been different if China had announced human-to-human transmission 5-10 days earlier?