Originally Posted by
Hoosten
The Sydney Morning Herald, 19/4/20.
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The Australian government had already shown a willingness to get ahead of the World Health Organisation, declaring COVID-19 to be a “disease of pandemic potential" on January 21, more than a month before the global body belatedly followed. But the travel ban would be a drastic move; it was against the advice of the WHO and would likely draw the ire of the Chinese government."
Politics and not so honest reporting. We announced our border closure to China after the US announced its closure and where is the source of most of our CV19 infections? The US, and we didn't close our borders with the US till we closed our borders to EVERY one else.
As to the way WHO have responded with their wordings etc, that is typically of all international bodies, including the IMF, World Bank, OECD. They all are careful about their language and being critical. Did you hear the WHO being critical of US behaviour over HIV?
At the same time I wouldn't trust the CCP, but do I believe this (CV19) was deliberately let loose? No, this has wreaked havoc with their economy as much as anyone else. All the talk about China gaining from this (politically or economically) is just crap, done them more harm than good.