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Technically you can blame the poachers who supplied the market with the infected pangolins in the first place, but ultimately the true blame lies with the people who believe in pseudoscience "traditional medicines" creating the demand for them.
But let's be honest here, this thing was going to get out regardless of what the government did. We'd have been better prepared if they'd been honest, yes, but there was no way this wasn't going to spread worldwide. With an incubation of up to 14 days, all it would take is one person who doesn't know they have it or that it even exists getting on a plane to anywhere in the world.
Technically you can blame the poachers who supplied the market with the infected pangolins in the first place, but ultimately the true blame lies with the people who believe in pseudoscience "traditional medicines" creating the demand for them.
But let's be honest here, this thing was going to get out regardless of what the government did. We'd have been better prepared if they'd been honest, yes, but there was no way this wasn't going to spread worldwide. With an incubation of up to 14 days, all it would take is one person who doesn't know they have it or that it even exists getting on a plane to anywhere in the world.