Hi, this is Noot. Because of the coronavirus, I am currently staying at home in Rome,

where my wife serves as the United States ambassador to the Holy See. She's leading the embassy

in dealing with all the different changes being brought about by the pandemic. To bring you this

episode this week, I'm recording from my home, so you may notice a difference in audio quality.

On this episode of Noot's World, what role did China play in the spread of COVID-19 globally?

What responsibility should they bear with the devastation the virus has caused? I'm devoting a

three-part series looking at China and the spread of COVID-19. First, I'll look at the origins

of the virus and the timeline of the virus has spread from Wuhan to other areas of the world.

And ask, what did the Chinese Communist Party know about the disease and when did they know it?

In part two, I'll look at the role big data and artificial intelligence can play in tracking

global pandemics or disease outbreaks anywhere in the world and make the case for why the United

States health authorities should be using this advanced technology to create an early warning system

to hopefully prevent the spread of future pandemics. In part three, I'll discuss why China needs to

be held accountable for the devastation they have caused, both the loss of lives and financial pain

across the world. And please to welcome my guest, Rebecca Heinrichs, senior fellow to Hudson

Institute, where she specializes in nuclear deterrence and missile defense.

Miss Heinrichs recently wrote five lies China is telling about the coronavirus in the Washington

General. Rebecca in the COVID-19 timeline, the first person actually contracted that we know of

is like mid-November, that it reoccurers in Wuhan about a month later. Is that your understanding?

Yes, some of the information that we do have right now is information that only makes sense in hindsight.

So the first reported incident that we know alive in China did occur in November, November 17th is when

we now know there was a 55 year old resident in China who did contract the coronavirus.

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