Trump excoriated for laying the blame on China

Here's a thought experiment.

Imagine that the Wu-flu began in not in China but in America.

And not only that, but of the whole continental USA it just so happened to kick off a stone's throw from the top virology lab in the nation.

How would journalists have reacted? 

It's not difficult to imagine the relish with which the world's media would have denounced America. After all millions are dying horribly. It would have been the first media feeding frenzy visible from space. Having started as a hurricane of abuse back in last March, it would have escalated to a maelstrom of fury now, and would be set to continue for decades into the future.
 
There certainly wouldn't be any problem with labelling it 'The American Plague' or more likely "The Trump Death'. America itself would by now  rival Nazi Germany as the very paradigm of evil.

What would the ramifications of that have been for the States?

Leaders from around the world (dictators and religious fanatics the most vocal among them) would be united in demanding that America abase itself before the world in humble contrition.
 
Followed of course by demands for trillions in reparations.

Back to the real world

Covid-19 comes from China. 

Covid-19 started literally a stone's throw from China's top virology institute in Wuhan.

China blockaded Wuhan from the rest of China, but allowed international flights to continue.
 
This last fact is particularly damning as it undeniably proves that China clearly understood the threat posed by covid-19, and yet consciously propagated it throughout the world.
 
So how has China avoided excoriation?

China is different.

China doesn't take criticism well. 

Like a mafia don, China has a long memory and never fails to repay a slight: face and all that.

And what's my evidence for such an outrageous accusation?

Listen.

How much criticism do you hear of an undoubtedly culpable China?

What could possibly cause such silence in the face of millions of deaths and trillions of dollars lost?

Fear.

There's a new boss of bosses.

But he ain't like the old boss.

The world might even start to miss the old boss.


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