Why China covered up the coronavirus outbreak
Amid global condemnation that doctors silenced by China could have stopped the spread of the coronavirus, Newsthink’s host and creator Cindy Pom finds out the real reason for China’s cover up. Professor Leigh Jenco, a specialist in Chinese political thought at the London School of Economics, explains Beijing’s actions were not a surprise. Laurie Garrett, a Pulitzer Prize-winning science writer who has tracked disease outbreaks including Ebola and SARS, describes the steps Chinese officials took to conceal the crisis.