Pressure from the media often forces our politicians into unwise decisions. The media love to generate panic. Panic sells newspapers and TV ads. It's a bonus when a Republican is in the White House. And the public in panic creates tremendous pressure on politicians to do something drastic, especially when the press is like a bunch of circling sharks.
If China did this on purpose then they just won the cheapest war of all time.
The carnage wrought by the cure is on us not China.
Lord help us should they launch a serious virus. We will simply surrender and beg for mercy as led by the fellow traveler governors. . The current response is embarrassing and emboldens are enemies. Bin Laden must be rolling around the ocean bottom. All he needed to do was to scare us into trashing our way of life.