Such a good post until you included China. The CCP has failed miserably at informing the rest of the world about the effects of this virus. You can argue/discuss whether or not the virus was let out on purpose but there is no arguing that China has tried to cover this virus up.
Maybe. I don't know that it would have mattered what they did or didn't say. We had plenty of lead time -- we're just not a society used to thinking about disasters before they happen. So I don't blame for china for the virus any more than I blame anyone else. If China had made an announcement that this terrible disease had been unleashed, I think we would have pretty much blown it off. It's what we do -- not the US, but all of humanity. So sometimes nature gives us the middle finger. This time it was a virus. next time it might be a storm or a tsunami or a volcano. Chaos is the nature of living things and this is another tragic example of it.
Doesn't mean we shouldn't do all we can, or that the results aren't terrible. I just don't think there's a country or person to blame. This is more an ecosystem thing than a political or personal one.