COVID-19 in Historical Perspective

COVID-19 in Historical Perspective
This general view shows the Wuhan Institute of Virology in Wuhan, in China's central Hubei Province on Feb. 3, 2021. Hector Retamal/AFP via Getty Images
Bradley A. Thayer
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The COVID-19 pandemic has been around long enough—about two years since it first emerged in China’s Wuhan city—for the first draft of history to segue into a deeper understanding of its lessons and implications.

Bradley A. Thayer
Bradley A. Thayer
Author
Bradley A. Thayer is a founding member of the Committee on Present Danger China and the coauthor with Lianchao Han of “Understanding the China Threat” and the coauthor with James Fanell of “Embracing Communist China: America’s Greatest Strategic Failure.”
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