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That's just completely false on every level; the data doesn't support that view and all points contradict it.
My comment was based on population adjustment with our numbers here in NZ vs Australia they have a 5x higher hospitalisation rate than we do so my asumption is as I said. Perhaps this is an apples to oranges comparison.
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That's also completely false; borders were shut to China on Feb 1; 99% of the world's infections were in China at that point or recent Chinese travelers.
I'm not arguing dates at all, countries were not testing prior to Feb1 on the scale that china was so of course thats what the numbers would indicate.
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The correct response was China early and other countries later.
Everywhere should have been closing borders to China early, but Chinese deliberately lied and pressured the WHO to keep their borders open.
Without controls in place (social distancing, isolation, limit travel etc.) It only takes a couple of cases to gain a foothold in a new location. I said with 'hindsight' - how can you deny that if all countires closed boarders to all other countries it would not have prevented a number of more isolated countries from having no cases at all and in turn deaths.
No need to be a dick - obviously WHO made mistakes early on. Everyone knows China state run media push there own narative whether it is factual or not. Seems a bit naive to know all this, still stick your head in the sand, throw tantrums, endanger your own population more that they already are and promote untested drugs I mean the list goes on...