Posted on 03/11/2020 12:20:31 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Chinese officials covered up the outbreak of the new coronavirus, costing the world some two months to respond, national security adviser Robert O’Brien said, in some of the strongest remarks against China in regards to the virus to date.
Asked about Chinese officials recently trying to claim that the virus did not start in the country, O’Brien said that just wasn’t true.
“It originated in Wuhan in Hubei Province in China. It originated some time ago. Unfortunately, rather than using best practices, this outbreak in Wuhan was covered up. There’s lots of open-source reporting from China, from Chinese nationals, that the doctors involved were either silenced or put in isolation or that sort of thing, so that word of this virus could not get out,” O’Brien said during a talk at the Heritage Foundation in Washington.
“It probably cost the world community two months to respond,” O’Brien said.
During that time period, scientists could have sequenced the virus. Teams from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the World Health Organization (WHO) could have been on the ground.
“I think we could have dramatically curtailed what happened in China and what’s now happening across the world,” O’Brien said.
The virus, which causes a disease called COVID-19, has spread to over 100 countries, infecting over 110,000 people and killing thousands.
China eventually let a WHO team in but only after weeks of negotiations. China never let a team of U.S. scientists into the country, though several were on the WHO team.
The joint WHO-China mission produced a report that largely praised actions taken by China and made little mention of indications that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) moved to silence critics and whistleblowers.
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Sooner or later ... TRUTH!
I smell ‘Rats behind this as well
Dems colluding with china to bring a deadly virus here to take out the Economy and Trump?
Wrong Trumps Fault
Chernobyl, Chinese style...
How, nebie. Man the trolls are out.
How, nebie. Man the trolls are out.
Well, considering it was done on purpose with help from our MIT scientist friend, the CIA, the globalist elites, and likely the esteemed Dr Fauci (who received his presidential medal of freedom...from 0bama...)...duh! Notice like 0bama, you get your medal BEFORE your nefarious plans are carried out.
US Media won’t say “China Bad” because they are too busy saying “Orange Man Bad”.
This administration is forced to fight with one hand tied behind its back because a total reveal of what it knows would trigger something even worse.
I believe that - POTUS is trying to prevent total panic and collapse - like any decent POTUS would do.
China needs to be punished for its irresponsible behavior.
Aholes too
Probably why Trump wanted the meetings classified so discussions about Chinese behavior wouldn’t get out.
Not just China. I can think of people here in the United States that are behaving irresponsibly.
Still have not answered me what Presiden Trump should do.
It was sarcasm
But...but...but...Orange Man bad!!
Agreed
Oh, ok.
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