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Princess Turandot

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6. Or that after swearing to shut down the so-called wet markets where Chinese scientists determined..

Reply to Igel (Reply #5)

Sat Mar 21, 2020, 01:40 AM

Mar 2020

that the SARS virus jumped from a bat via a civet to a shopper, crossing the species line in 2003, they kinda didn't really do that. (Although they did subsequently thoroughly sanitize the wet-market where they believe COVID-19 got its all-access pass.)

As to Taiwan, WHO initially refused to allow them to collaborate in the various activities/ conferences etc that they were organizing. (They did eventually reverse that.)

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Taiwan Says It Warned WHO About Coronavirus In December, But Its Warnings Were Ignored [View all] catsudon Mar 2020 OP

Maybe, but I'm doubting it based on published timelines. Mike 03 Mar 2020 #1

Taiwan sent a team to China in Dec when reports of a "strange pneumonia" were reported yaesu Mar 2020 #2

The WHO shares some of the blame with China Pentatonic Mar 2020 #3

you're right catsudon Mar 2020 #4

Tedros Adhanom is a careerist dalton99a Mar 2020 #7

Unless you listen to Morning Edition, then you Igel Mar 2020 #5

Or that after swearing to shut down the so-called wet markets where Chinese scientists determined.. Princess Turandot Mar 2020 #6

They were were double speaking OneCrazyDiamond Mar 2020 #9

A country was intially slow to respond, and not as forthcoming as it could have been . . MEIN GOTT Strelnikov_ Mar 2020 #8