Well then, you shouldn’t mind when he hang you if someone contracts the virus then.
I haven’t heard the Chinese making these sorts of statements.
They know what happens when public officials screw up royally.
IMHO this is what the zombie violent movies have been bringing us toward for a decade now. The stories are meant to numb us toward the slaughter of “infected” groups of people who’s mere contact with you will usher in your own death. Government hit squads mowing down infested carriers in the streets.