Will the pandemic be less severe if it started in NYC instead of Wuhan?

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ggtt

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ggtt
Apr 20, 2020 14 Comments

Not trying to defend CCP but I think it might be worst, if it started in NYC.
1. It will spread faster due NYC has way more air traffic and diverse tourism.
2. Knowing Trump, he will call it a hoax and won't acknowledge till it is unstoppable.

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  • Indeed
    annonengg

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    annonengg
    Forget about NYC, I don't think any country could have handled it better. For all the bad that the CCP is, no one can question their ability to get things done.
    Apr 20, 2020 9
    • So since the US' numbers are also way off (which I agree), why does any of this matter? The US still wouldn't have done a better job, as we can see them being way off already.

      You think President Orange would be more transparent just because China's numbers are higher?
      Apr 21, 2020
    • NVIDIA
      oDFQ25

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      oDFQ25
      There is no way to know what would have happened in the US, you can't compare the situation when sick ppl are coming from all over the world to infect you or when you control the source like in China. On the other hand US had the advantage of having some knowledge that China couldn't have at the beginning.
      All in all, the situations are completely different and you can't compare the outcome and make prediction.

      Maybe the US would have done better, maybe not.

      But clearly China had been lying and trying to hide the truth, they started isolated sick people while saying there were no human to human contamination, they sent the police to those who try to alarm the public, why I don't the impact it had, I can criticize these decisions. And don't worry, the only decision of trump I'm not criticizing is stopping funding WHO
      Apr 21, 2020
  • NVIDIA
    sSHp42

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    sSHp42
    I have seen people blaming China for COVID19. I am pretty confused. Blame for not disclosing COVID19 in time? China has notified WHO on Dec 31st 2019. I agreed that China had taken a slow reaction at the beginning. But Wuhan has locked the city on Jan.23, where the ‘official’ confirmed cases in Wuhan is 444. If you think the number is fake, ok, let’s multi this by 10, 4440. When NYC issued shelter in place on March 20, NYC has confirmed case of 5600. From this point view, Wuhan’s reaction is comparable with NYC. Note that Wuhan is the first city to report COVID19. If you consider this, then I think Wuhan did much better than NYC in initial phase. Then blame China faking the confirmed cases? First, I don’t see any motivation to fake the number since China has already paused its economy. Second, even if the number is faked, China’s data always shows the death rate is around 3% (at beginning) to 5% (now), which is inline with other countries’ data. Does the 3-5% death rate not serious enough to warn other countries? I think fake data is more like a stereotype to CCP rather than thinking independently. BTW, still thinking < 90k confirmed cases is too less for China? Then I would say China’s “lock down” the city is different than shelter in place. No one can come out of Wuhan in any terms after it is locked down. I would not judge whether it is correct in terms of human right. But it indeed prevents spreading the COVID19. Here is a video from a Japanese who lived in Nanjing, which can give you an idea how China does to prevent the spreading of virus: https://youtu.be/YfsdJGj3-jM. When COVID19 served in China back in Jan, I always received greetings from colleagues caring about my family in China and how amazing China can build a hospital within several days. Now after working at home for months, I can only see people blaming China and asking China to pay for it after this is over. I am wondering what is going on with the world? As a global citizen, besides admiring the great great effort of frontline workers in US, Italy, Spain, German, Korea... I believe the frontline workers in China also deserve a big WOW. P.S: I am not a big fan of CCP, but I read news from both sides and feel very depressed when people blaming each other. Hope we get this over soon and life can be back to normal.
    Apr 21, 2020 1
  • A few millions would've already dead if virus outbroke under Trump.
    Apr 21, 2020 0
  • Amazon
    ccpvery

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    ccpvery
    No probably equally bad. NYC gets caught after Europe outbreak. That is about 2 months of time to prepare for. And yes, Cuomo issues the shelter in place later than California so I don't think he is fully aware of the dire situation NYC is in only until really late.
    Apr 20, 2020 0