Blame China. I'm frankly shocked at how few international repercussions they've gotten. Any sane rational nation would be issuing economic sanctions left and right for their inept, pathetic handling of the pandemic.
https://quillette.com/category/covid-19/china-syndrome-serie...
Here's the Twitter thread where the author introduced the series and gave some helpful backgrounds:
https://twitter.com/phl43/status/1298053847844368386
As he says:
"Again, I know that many of you are skeptical, but this essay has required a ridiculous amount of work and I'm really confident about the conclusions I reach, so I hope you will read it with an open-mind. I will post the other parts in this thread as they are published."
The author also has very helpful comments on the recent CNN leak