Lol, I guess we should have left our citizens there? Did you see what the Chinese did to all foreigners there? Every foreigner in China was denied medical supplies and masks. The fact they came to America and were immediately put in quarantine was a huge factor in slowing down the disease.
I notice that no one is responding on the other issues (problems) with Trump's lying about Corona, or shutting down the pandemics team that Obama-Biden set up in China, or other things Trump has done to accelerate Covid in the USA. Just a couple things you DO want to respond to.
On the Americans in Wuhan and elsewhere in China being rescued:
Of the 195 rescued Americans, most didn't have Covid. However, the healthy Americans faced a huge risk of catching it by the rescue procedure itself. Before ever being screened, they rode by bus to the coastal airport, then by chartered jet to Alaska, then again to California, and then bus again to March Air Reserve Base. By sharing the cabins of bus and jet, they were likely to catch Covid.
True, they were screened twice for symptoms before leaving China, and twice again in Anchorage, Alaska. That's good, but as we now know,
Covid carriers can be asymptomatic!
Upon arrival at March Air Reserve Base. they were NOT required to stay quarantined. They were free to go! Fortunately, all 195 agreed to stay for the 3 day evaluation and monitoring. But if they didn't show symptoms, they left. As pointed out already, carriers can be asymptomatic. It's quite likely, then, that early Covid infection rates were boosted around the country (including in states run by Democrats or Republicans -- who cares, really?!?) by these American diplomats, their families, and others.
Should we have left them there? That's one possibility, and for the sake of the nation's security and health, it's not out of the question. Another might be to airlift them to a U.S. protectorate, such as Guam or the Marshalls.
Early reports, though, were that some Americans who were rescued from Wuhan were allowed to "quarantine" as they saw fit, wherever they chose to go. Were these reports accurate? I dunno.
Well according to your precious WHO, the shutdown was the wrong thing to do.
My precious WHO?! Since when have I said anything--pro or con--about the WHO? Wasatch, maybe set the beer down for a little longer before you post, making assumptions about me?
It's a virus, masks don't help stop a virus. It's an organism the size of a germ to a germ. It's like saying a chain link fence can stop mosquitos.
This is not an airborne virus, effective to stopping the virus is social distancing and washing your hands often.
Here is an interesting statistic, pneumonia has killed more people this year under 24 than Covid has. Yet we have shut down schools, again, I ask why?
Covid causes pneumonia, sometimes. So pneumonia rates are going to increase, due to Covid. Many deaths where Covid played a causative role have been attributed instead to other diseases. Is it as simple as an out of date form or database, coroners and doctors not knowing enough about Covid yet, or intentionally hiding Covid deaths for political reasons? Hard to know, but I lean towards the first two.
Masks significantly reduce the infection rate. Some masks are more effective than others. They work by restricting the force of sneezes (which can travel up to 21 feet), as well as breaths. By wearing a mask, you aren't protected all that much, but you limit your own "ability" to infect others. So you shouldn't feel invulnerable just by wearing a mask. It's especially important to wear a mask and/or face shield when indoors. These are all known facts.
Therefore, while it's an inconvenience to wear a mask, especially when working hard / getting out of breath, to never wear a mask is just extremely selfish behavior, like driving drunk, shooting bullets into the air, or not putting out a campfire. There are times we SHOULD wear masks, and times we can get away without it, like if you work alone or outdoors, away from others. If you have a daughter, let's say, try to do what you'd want others to do, around her. Wear the d*mn mask!
