[Lex Computer & Tech Group/LCTG] Fwd: First Known Covid Case Was Vendor at Wuhan Market, Scientist Claims - The New York Times

Mon Nov 22 05:40:24 PST 2021

Agree we need to expect that there will be another pandemic.
Actually I think there was a time when we were proactive in the US but I
don't want to get into politics.
-steve

On Mon, Nov 22, 2021 at 7:55 AM Robert Primak <bobprimak at yahoo.com> wrote:

> A "reaction" is not proactive. An appropriate response would be from a
> more proactive perspective. Not what the US (and Britain) originally were
> doing. It's not like we all were never warned that a global pandemic would
> someday happen!
>
> -- Bob Primak
>
>
> On Monday, November 22, 2021, 07:50:08 AM EST, Harry Forsdick <
> harry at forsdick.com> wrote:
>
>
> Bob and Carl,
>
> I applaud your desire to move on and not have us engage in the much easier
> (and less productive) blame game.
>
> You ask a lot of important questions, and I must admit that I have no idea
> how to get those questions elevated above the blame game questions -- i.e.,
> the ones that get publically asked by politicians, TV News Shows not on
> PBS, and weak thinkers like me when I'm tired.  We all need to focus on the
> difficult questions, not the ones that are easy to answer.
>
> Keep up the good work in getting us to focus on the right questions so
> that next time we will get to the needed reaction quicker.
>
> -- Harry
>
>
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> On Mon, Nov 22, 2021 at 7:28 AM Robert Primak <bobprimak at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> I'd rather not seek to fix blame.
>
> But we should find out exactly what did happen, and what factors did
> contribute to the spread of COVID-19, in China and in other regions. And
> why (if this is true) COVID-19 has not been spreading recently in
> sub-Saharan Africa. (Could be lack of accurate reporting, but some
> scientists think there's more going on there. Could have implications re.
> population genetics and disease resistance, or resistance due to other
> regional endemic diseases.)
>
> I'd like the emphasis to be on:
>
> What do we do better next time a disease outbreak threatens to become a
> pandemic? How can we encourage better communication and greater
> transparency? Can the rest of the world convince regimes like in China that
> more openness won't embarrass them or cause sanctions against them just for
> admitting to needed facts and supplying needed data? How can we Americans
> participate in International disease research without contributing to
> future "accidents"? How do we get testing, monitoring and medicines
> (including vaccines) to places like India and Africa and South America
> faster next time?
>
> And there WILL be a "next time"!
>
> -- Bob Primak
>
> On Monday, November 22, 2021, 12:23:48 AM EST, Carl Lazarus <
> carllazarus at comcast.net> wrote:
>
>
> I don’t think we’ll ever know with certainty how the disease started.  I’m
> not so sure that it matters, except to people who want to blame China for
> it (or blame the US CDC for working with the Wuhan lab).  The Chinese
> government does deserve opprobrium for its slowness to release
> information.  Some Chinese individuals did a good job of getting
> information out to the world in mid to late January despite their
> government.  Then the US government and the WHO were slow to act on it.
>
> -- Carl
>
>
>
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> ---------- Forwarded message ---------
> From: *George Schaefer* <gis.law at gmail.com>
> Date: Thu, Nov 18, 2021 at 3:11 PM
> Subject: Fwd: First Known Covid Case Was Vendor at Wuhan Market, Scientist
> Claims - The New York Times
> To: Harry Forsdick <harry at forsdick.com>
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> ---------- Forwarded message ---------
> From: *George Schaefer* <gis.law at gmail.com>
> Date: Thu, Nov 18, 2021 at 3:07 PM
> Subject: First Known Covid Case Was Vendor at Wuhan Market, Scientist
> Claims - The New York Times
> To: george Schaefer <gislaw at gmail.com>
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> https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/18/health/covid-wuhan-market-lab-leak.html
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> Harry I don't have everyone's email but this article is timely.
>
> --
>
> George Schaefer
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