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The ‘Haunting Similarities’ Between Covid and a New Chinese Outbreak
Parents with children who are suffering from respiratory diseases at a hospital in Chongqing, China, on November 23, 2023. (Photo by Costfoto/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
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By Oliver Wiseman
12.06.23
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From alarming videos of crowded Chinese hospitals to a group of Republican senators calling for a ban on travel to and from China, things have taken a decidedly 2020 turn in the last few weeks. I’m sure that many of you, like me, saw headlines about a mysterious new respiratory illness in China and had just one reaction: “Please God, no!”

China insists …

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Oliver Wiseman
Oliver Wiseman is the deputy editor of The Free Press. Previously, he was the executive editor of The Spectator World and a regular contributor to UnHerd, City Journal, the Evening Standard, and a range of other publications.
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