The post that was quoted here has been removedYes. Lessons have to be learned.
The chances of something like this happening again are staggering.
I find your title misleading though. The CDC is far from perfect, but the point your making is that every government and agency made mistakes and that we should evaluate things and incorporate lessons learned.
The post that was quoted here has been removedWhat's to answer? That you went scavenging for a link with a more palatable version of Li's arrest?
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-53021852
Dr Li was arrested by authorities for "spreading rumours"
The LA Times and the BBC, to everyone but Duchess, is more reputable than Wikipedia.
@Duchess64
That WMD debacle was the result of President Chaney (Bush Jr was just a figurehead as far as I can see).
He wanted hundreds of billions more for the military and manufactured fake news to start the war, a sad day for the US, sad day among many.