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Other East Asian countries that had experience of SARS understood the seriousness of the WHO warning and promptly began diligent testing, tracing, and isolation of infected persons.

U.S. President Donald Trump boasts that he banned travel from China to the United States early, but, in fact, the United States was the 41st country to declare such a ban, on Feb. 2, 2020, writes columnist Gwynne Dyer. It was completely predictable that Donald Trump would try to blame China for the fact that at least 30 million Americans are unemployed and that nearly 70,000 Americans have already died of COVID-19. His polling numbers are down and the election is only seven months away. What else was he going to do? Blame himself? White House photo by Joyce N. Boghosian

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May 4, 2020

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