In large part, this virus spread because the country in which it originally appeared kept it as secret as it could for as long as it could. Thus was denied any opportunity, in the early stages, to gather the knowledge necessary for proper diagnosis and prognosis. The virus was politicized at its Genesis.
It would be good to turn off the political/media hate and anger machine for a week or so. If only they could temporarily pretend to be servants of the people, rather than of their own grubby needs, we would all be healthier.