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    Deimos
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    Related: G-7 failed to agree on statement after U.S. insisted on calling coronavirus outbreak ‘Wuhan virus’
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    1. pvik
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      I am at a loss at this statement; given the abysmal way the US government has handled the outbreak within US.

      Pompeo, in his remarks on Wednesday, doubled down on his criticism of Beijing.

      “We tried, you’ll remember, from the opening days to get our scientists, our experts on the ground there so that we could begin to assist in the global response to what began there in China, but we weren’t able to do that. The Chinese Communist Party wouldn’t permit that to happen,” he said.

      I am at a loss at this statement; given the abysmal way the US government has handled the outbreak within US.

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    1. skybrian
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      It seems to me that this is a story about failing propaganda campaigns. The campaigns have become the story. There doesn't seem to be any real dispute or much interest in how exactly the virus...

      It seems to me that this is a story about failing propaganda campaigns. The campaigns have become the story. There doesn't seem to be any real dispute or much interest in how exactly the virus originated? It's far too late to hide anything.

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  3. vorotato
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    It's rather hard to say China is to fault when the people who could have responded to it were fired and the current US president is STILL trying to get people to go outside.

    It's rather hard to say China is to fault when the people who could have responded to it were fired and the current US president is STILL trying to get people to go outside.

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