time will tell, i guess.  The problem with the MSM and governmental control of media (China) is that you never know if it is truth salted with a little deception, or deception salted with a little truth.  There is too much out there that leads to a different narrative - both sides - than the official narrative and that leads to distrust of the official narrative.  SARS, MERS, H1N1 were swept under the rug, so to speak, until they could no longer hide what was going on.  I think this is the same - don't think it only emerged on Dec 31 - i think it has been happening since OCT or NOV, but i could be wrong.  I don't think it was an organic episode originating in a wet market - look at what has come out about trying to steal and weaponize this virus, but i could be wrong.  I think it will get worse in China, basic lack of sanitary conditions and a huge densely populated population than it will in any other industrialized country, but i could be wrong - we have yet to see this in Africa, where there is a huge Chinese population working or in South America, where there is also a huge Chinese population - i expect to start seeing infections/deaths showing up in both places soon.