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What would the anti-China xenophobes be saying if WHO were to say, without sufficient evidence, that human-to-human transmission was happening and it turned out to be mistaken?

Being skeptical is acceptable but not to the extent of rejecting the evidentiary process.

Also, Taiwan News is notably anti-China and is associated with Taiwanese nationalists.

>>crater+(OP)
The WHO could have chosen not to ignore Taiwan's warnings and launched their investigation earlier independent of China's claims.

Being skeptical is necessary when considering China's terrible past track record. The SARS epidemic also started with a denial and cover-up by China.

There are many other news sources apart from Taiwan News. You can check out the FT. You can check out Reuters. (Decrying Taiwan News as comprising of anti-Chinese nationalists is rather strange considering the CCP's stance against Taiwan)

https://archive.is/nqiKV https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-taiwan...

Please note that even in Feb, the WHO chief was saying travel bans. are not needed https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-who-idUSKBN1...

"The head of the World Health Organization said on Monday there was no need for measures that “unnecessarily interfere with international travel and trade” in trying to halt the spread of a coronavirus that has killed 361 people in China, and he lauded China’s efforts to contain it." (real figure as we learnt later was already >10x by that time)

“It’s no reason to really panic now,” he said. “The chances of getting this going to anywhere outside China is very low, and even in China, when you go to other provinces, it’s very low.”

"The WHO continues to advise against the application of travel or trade restrictions to countries experiencing COVID-19 outbreaks"