I don't get your apologist stance. It was well known there was high risk for a pandemic, just like this, coming out of China.
If the U.S. knew there was a risk that they could cause a worldwide pandemic (wasting disease in deer for example), and did nothing, and a disease erupted here, I bet you wouldn't be so quick to apologize.
If the U.S. knew there was a risk that they could cause a worldwide pandemic (wasting disease in deer for example), and did nothing, and a disease erupted here, I bet you wouldn't be so quick to apologize.