You make very very good points.
We aren’t at war with China, but we DO know they’ve got a lot of other nasty bugs in reserve.
They’ve got the whip hand over us right now.
And not just them. If any bad actors want to slipstream some nasty microbe into the mix, this is a great time to do so.
it is terrifying to even contemplate. we can both name governments that would have done exactly that, put in this situation, had they had the option.