Nations like Taiwan, Australia, South Korea, Germany, Thailand... Singapore did all they could to quickly understand wuflu.
Well before the UN, WHO wanted to comment on the global spread of wuflu out of Communist China.
Nations that understood Communist China was not telling the truth and that the WHO was only talking about stigmatization.
Nations had the experts, the reagents, got ready and tested a lot. Used the every telco network to track the sick, not some opt in "app".
Such nations also had the gov and private sector staff to test, test and test some more. Skilled lab staff ready to work and get test work done. Tests that worked. Not just trusting imported tests and imported PPE.
What nations needed:
Experts who understood something bad happened in Communist China. That Communist China would not tell the world. A working intelligence service.
Not the global skills of a CIA, MI6, NSA, GCHQ, NATO "intelligence service". Real experts who understood Communist China day to day.
"Intelligence service" experts actually told their own govs of the medical news in Communist China.
Medical experts with the skills work on some of the very first wuflu work outside Communist China.
To have the skills to do that work and be ready to do that early work. To get results and have the experts who understood what had to be done.
Have the labs to do the work.
Then test the PPE and their own nations tests.
Track all the sick citizens and test, test and test. Contact tracing by experts with interviews and full telco network support. No waiting for big brand opt in "apps"
While the rest of the world demanded more tourists, was still talking about stigmatization, letting more tourists, students and travel in.
To show the world they would allow travel from Communist China.
Many other nations waited and waited for the UN and WHO as wuflu spread and spread. Italy, Spain, France. Had to show they stayed open in the EU to tourists and wuflu.
Re 'Not a single report or rumour from any lab."
Find out what real experts in Taiwan, Australia, South Korea, Thailand... Singapore did early on and tried to tell the world about.
What the reaction of the WHO and UN was to such work by very advanced nations...
What Spain, France and Italy kept on doing as wuflu spread.
Different nations, really smart experts, different labs with many skilled workers. Different production lines. Different PPE use.
Some nations had the ability to test tests and make tests. Other nations went on with tourism, travel, international politics.
Waited for the UN, WHO, Communist China.
Some nations get ready after SARS. Had PPE, domestic production. Experts and labs ready. Other failed nations had tourists and liked Communist politics.
Few reagents, no skills, no lab staff, few experts, few medical production lines. Lots of international politics and trust in Communism, the WHO and UN.
SARS and been ready again was the skill a lot of nations had.
Until politics get in the way of reading expiry dates on PPE and buying in more PPE. Not exporting a nations PPE was another skill to have. Then trying to buy PPE again. Nations that had PPE, facemasks, goggles, visors ready. That allowed experts and staff to talk, share data. No demands not to talk to media, the world about results. The use of laws, police to stop publication, comments.
Been ready, having lab skills, experts, not waiting for the WHO, UN was what allowed nations more time.
vs a France, Italy, Spain, parts of the EU.
