Opinion | Coronavirus Spreads, and the World Pays for China s Dictatorship – The New York Times

The first known coronavirus infection in the city of Wuhan presented symptoms beginning on Dec. 1, and by late December there was alarm in Wuhan s medical circles. That would have been the moment for the authorities to act decisively.

And act decisively they did not against the virus, but against whistle-blowers who were trying to call attention to the public health threat. A doctor who told a WeChat group about the virus was disciplined by the Communist Party and forced to admit wrongdoing. The police reported giving education and criticism to eight front-line doctors for rumormongering about the epidemic; instead of punishing these doctors, Xi should have listened to them.

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NYT jumps on the bandwagon. But they’re obviously correct here.