This article is troubling on so many fronts. A day after being expelled from China, ⁦ @nytimes⁩ states as fact that “new daily cases” in China “are dwindling into the single digits” and that COVIS-19 offers China the chance to show its “model works.” https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/18/world/asia/coronavirus-china-aid.html

With reporters expelled and an alarming lack of transparency, is the Times comfortable as stating as fact that new cases are in single digits? Also, who believes this virus serves as a public relations opportunity for China? Where does the @nytimes believe this pandemic began?

Without getting into the idiotic battle over what to name this pandemic, its origin was not Oslo. I’ve avoided this part of the story because issues involving testing, medical supplies, and quarantines are more critical right now. Still, the Times article begs a response. 3/4

Here’s a @voxdotcom article and video that raises issues to be debated after this crisis passes. But China as a “model” because of this pandemic?
My God. https://www.vox.com/videos/2020/3/6/21168006/coronavirus-covid19-china-pandemic