China Is Legally Responsible for COVID-19 Damage and Claims Could Be in the Trillions

04/19/2020

On Dec. 31, the Wuhan Municipal Health Commission falsely stated that there was no human-to-human transmission of the disease, which it described as a seasonal flu that was "preventable and controllable." On Feb. 1, the New York Times reported that "the government's initial handling of the epidemic allowed the virus to gain a tenacious hold. At critical moments, officials chose to put secrecy and order ahead of openly confronting the growing crisis to avoid public alarm and political embarrassment."

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