China and the Initial Response to Covid-19

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A must watch documentary, even if you know the basic history: Frontline's " China's Covid Secrets ". – Late December: Hospitals in Wuhan, China, identify cases of pneumonia of unknown origin. – December 30: The Wuhan Municipal Health Commission issues "urgent notices" to city hospitals about cases of atypical pneumonia linked to the city's Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market. The notices leak online. | Wuhan medical workers, including ophthalmologist Li Wenliang, trade messages about the cases in online chat groups. – December 31: A machine translation of a Chinese media report about the outbreak is posted to ProMED, a U.S.-based open-access…

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