Bill Gates defends China's coronavirus response: Billionaire says Beijing 'did a lot of things right

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Bill Gates defends China's coronavirus response: Billionaire says Beijing 'did a lot of things right' at the start of the pandemic and claims criticism of the Communist Party is a 'distraction'

    Microsoft co-founder pushed back against criticism of China in CNN interview
    US handled COVID-19 response 'particularly poorly' compared to others, he said
    Gates said criticism of China over coronavirus outbreak was a 'distraction'
    He also defended World Health Organization as a 'phenomenal' agency
    Republicans have accused China of not being transparent about origins of virus
    Trump this month announced US would halt funding to the UN-run WHO
    Decision to halt funding was blasted by Gates' wife, Melinda Gates
    Gates' foundation is second largest donor to WHO behind the United States
    Here’s how to help people impacted by Covid-19

By Ariel Zilber For Dailymail.com and Reuters

Published: 22:50 EDT, 26 April 2020 | Updated: 01:52 EDT, 27 April 2020

It’s too soon to be talking about whether China deserves blame for the coronavirus outbreak and efforts to shift the focus onto Beijing are a ‘distraction,’ according to Bill Gates, who criticized ‘incorrect and unfair things’ said about the Communist-run country.

‘China did a lot of things right at the beginning, like any country where a virus first shows up,' the Microsoft co-founder told CNN on Sunday.

‘They can look back and say where they missed some things.’

Gates, one of the world’s richest men, said that the US handled its COVID-19 response ‘particularly poorly’ compared to other countries that have minimized the economic damage.

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[Bigun]

Bill Gates is a damned fool! I don't care how rich he is!

[PeteS in CA]

Oh, yeah! China handled this coronavirus so-o-o-o-o well:

Wuhan Municipal Health Commission claimed no evidence of human-human transmission or infected medical staff: December 31, 2019, http://wjw.wuhan.gov.cn/front/web/showDetail/2019123108989  (Chinese language, second paragraph)

Genomics company employee ordered by Hubei Provincial Health Commission official to stop testing and destroy samples: January 1, 2020, https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/how-early-signs-of-the-coronavirus-were-spotted-spread-and-throttled-in-china

China's National Health Commission ordered institutions not to publish any information and ordered labs to transfer samples to testing institutions (without designating an institution) or to destroy them: January 3, 2020, https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/how-early-signs-of-the-coronavirus-were-spotted-spread-and-throttled-in-china

Wuhan Municipal Health Commission claimed no evidence of human-human transmission or infected medical staff: January 3, 2020, http://wjw.wuhan.gov.cn/front/web/showDetail/2020010309017  (Chinese language)

Li Wenliang detained by Wuhan police for "spreading false rumors": January 3, 2020, https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2020/feb/07/coronavirus-chinese-rage-death-whistleblower-doctor-li-wenliang  Died of Covid-19, February 7, 2020

Wuhan Municipal Health Commission claimed no evidence of human-human transmission or infected medical staff: January 5, 2020, http://wjw.wuhan.gov.cn/front/web/showDetail/2020010509020  (Chinese language)

Wuhan Municipal Health Commission claimed no evidence of human-human transmission or infected medical staff: January 11, 2020, http://wjw.wuhan.gov.cn/front/web/showDetail/2020011109035  (Chinese language)

Wuhan Municipal Health Commission claimed no cases among related contacts: January 14, 2020, http://wjw.wuhan.gov.cn/front/web/showDetail/2020011409039  (Chinese language)

Wuhan Municipal Health Commission claimed "there is no clear evidence of person-to-person transmission" but "the possibility of limited person-to-person transmission cannot be ruled out": January 15, 2020, http://wjw.wuhan.gov.cn/front/web/showDetail/2020011509040  (Chinese language, Google Translate translation)

Wuhan Municipal Health Commission claimed no cases among related contacts: January 17, 2020, http://wjw.wuhan.gov.cn/front/web/showDetail/2020011809064  (Chinese language)

Tens of thousands gather for Wuhan's Lunar New Year banquet: January 18, 2020, https://www.thestar.com.my/news/regional/2020/02/06/wuhan-neighbourhood-sees-infections-after-40000-families-gather-for-potluck

China and WHO claim that how the virus is transmitted is unknown: January 19, 2020, https://www.bbc.com/news/health-51168333

Wuhan Municipal Health Commission claimed no cases among related contacts: January 19/20, 2020, http://wjw.wuhan.gov.cn/front/web/showDetail/2020012009077  (Chinese language)

Wuhan and other cities in Hubei Province shut down travel: January 23, 2020, https://news.cgtn.com/news/2020-01-27/5-million-people-left-Wuhan-before-the-lockdown-where-did-they-go--NACCu9wItW/index.html

China's lies caused nations around the world to delay doing what was needed, for weeks!

[skeeter]

Bill Gates is a damned fool! I don't care how rich he is!

Nothing more contemptible than a pasty white globalist billionaire who gives the finger to the nation & system that allowed him to become obscenely wealthy.

[GtHawk]

Well aren't all of Msofts products made in China? He 's probably figures losing some sales to pissed off Americans is better than having his manufacturing shut down. It's not like they or Apple can find a stable non communist country with low wages to move production to. And then China would just directly compete with them using their own tech and equipment. It's despicable but Gates has always been a calculating kind of guy.