I don't agree with the second one. China tried to silence every doctor that was talking about the disease in its early stage.
They also clearly lied about their numbers in order to say that they were dealing with the disease better than anyone else. They probably are doing better than a lot of others countries since their numbers are even good if you multiply them by ten, but still.
Lastly, they had been advised by the scientific community that their practices regarding animal market could lead to exactly this. I'm not saying that any of this is directly their fault, or that they did it on purpose, but they didn't do anything to prevent that from happening.
Overall, I'm not saying that China is the worst country when it comes to dealing with the disease. But they did their fair share of shitty things, and they shouldn't be presented as a model of things to do.
Meh. I've shared my mind on china on other subs, and haven't had any problem so far. If I get a ban over that, I will message the mods. And if it doesn't resolve in anything good, I'll just leave it at that, I don't want to be somewhere I can't speak my mind freely as long as it's not hate speech or racism. Which I don't think this comment is.
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u/thenopebig Jan 02 '21
I don't agree with the second one. China tried to silence every doctor that was talking about the disease in its early stage.
They also clearly lied about their numbers in order to say that they were dealing with the disease better than anyone else. They probably are doing better than a lot of others countries since their numbers are even good if you multiply them by ten, but still.
Lastly, they had been advised by the scientific community that their practices regarding animal market could lead to exactly this. I'm not saying that any of this is directly their fault, or that they did it on purpose, but they didn't do anything to prevent that from happening.
Overall, I'm not saying that China is the worst country when it comes to dealing with the disease. But they did their fair share of shitty things, and they shouldn't be presented as a model of things to do.