Quote Originally Posted by ramAnag View Post
I’m honestly not sure what you’re saying he was ‘right’ about. He was of course ‘factually correct’ in saying that the pandemic originated in China but is that it?
As MA suggested there are ways of saying this that transcend mere language and Trump certainly knew how to do that in an attempt to both divert and divide.
Strictly speaking it should always have been called ‘SARS-CoV-2’ anyway, but that would probably have led to widespread panic.

Moving on to a comparison which is intended to be helpful or at least informative.
My contacts in the US (eastern NJ to be precise) report that schools have been shut since Thanksgiving (last weekend of November) but that beauticians, hair dressers and nail bars remain open while restaurants and bars are still allowed to open up to 25% capacity.
The inconsistency of our World leaders frankly beggars belief, and I’m told the situation and attitude to Covid in California is little short of insane.
OK you can't or won't exrtrapolate a single incident to a wider viewpoint so I'll give up

Re California, my pal Marcel says he's banned from doing gigs because he can't play in front of an audience, yet he goes down to his local club where he used to play Sundays, and the place is packed with those same punters - effectively the only thing missing is his music...