Who will be the fall-guy for Coronavirus in China? (accuse, deaths, leader)

[Mathguy]

So clearly China let this rage out of control and quashed any possibility of an early health warning.

The disease is so far out of the bottle so to speak that it's going to ravage almost all of China and several other countries as well. (I hope I'm wrong but even the official reported numbers keep climbing rapidly)

The only good thing about it is that the death rate is low from it, but if resources get strained that could increase as well.

China has a history of getting a public scapegoat, even though their own leadership was much to blame.

They've already started hitting the local officials in Wuhan and health officials, so it looks like that will be the target for now but everyone knows how little authority they actually have. What lengths will China's leadership go to pass the buck?

Scoop up officials off the street and threaten them into taking full blame and then executing them would be my guess for now.

[DRob4JC]

My only question is was it because of the bat soup at the market on the street, or microbiology malfeasance?

[ansible90]

The fall guy already died from the virus. He was a doctor who tried to warn the authorities. Was on the news about a week ago.

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/...r-dissent.html

[Old Gringo]

Whoever Xi's strongest rival happens to be.

Not hard to figure out.

[Oldhag1]

Originally Posted by DRob4JC

My only question is was it because of the bat soup at the market on the street, or microbiology malfeasance?

They are claiming now that the pangolins might be the vector. However, my vote is for microbiology malfeasance.

[corpgypsy]

Genetic sequences of viruses isolated from the scaly animal called Pangolins are 99% similar to that of the circulating virus.

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-00364-2

[Corrie22]

"The official number of people dead after contracting the newly discovered Chinese coronavirus surpassed 1,000 on Tuesday, bolstered by the deaths of over 100 people in the 24-hour window, the largest number yet recorded."

"China’s state media continued hectoring the Western world about “overreacting” to the Wuhan coronavirus with a Global Times editorial on Tuesday that accused the United States of fabricating virus horror stories to “tarnish the image of China.”"

[Old Gringo]

Originally Posted by Corrie22

"The official number of people dead after contracting the newly discovered Chinese coronavirus surpassed 1,000 on Tuesday, bolstered by the deaths of over 100 people in the 24-hour window, the largest number yet recorded."

China's "official numbers" are likely to be about as accurate as GOP deficit projections.

"China’s state media continued hectoring the Western world about “overreacting” to the Wuhan coronavirus with a Global Times editorial on Tuesday that accused the United States of fabricating virus horror stories to “tarnish the image of China.”"

Red China's major concern isn't this plague they've released on humanity, it's the economic fallout.

With international repercussions.

[FC76-81]

Originally Posted by ansible90

The fall guy already died from the virus. He was a doctor who tried to warn the authorities. Was on the news about a week ago.

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/...r-dissent.html

I have a suspicion that doctor was taken out, not by the virus. He's being referred to as a sort of "whistleblower" on the subject of this virus.

[Daryl_G]

I do have to ask this question does any country have the ability to contain and airborne virus given all of the international travel and number of people that move around the globe daily?

That seems like a tall order for a first world country like the United States much less a second world country like China.