Coronavirus / COVID-19

[ReluctantSamurai]

and only got into gear only once it couldnt be covered up, ensuring it went worldwide

Can you truly contain such a contagious virus? I would say no, especially in our global society. I will take the opposite view that China's quick response greatly reduced the exposure to the rest of the world until countries like South Korea, Italy, and Iran undid all that work as far as the rest of the world is concerned. And shortly, I believe, you will be able to add the United States to the list of countries moving too slowly and indecisively to slow this critter down.

The fact that China was a bit reticent, at first, doesn't negate their response and methodology once they went "all in" to containment.