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:{{See also|CCP global pandemic|Chinese epidemic coverup}}

:{{See also|CCP global pandemic|Chinese epidemic coverup}}

In April 2020, the Foundation announced it would be adding the worldwide death toll from the [[CCP coronavirus]] to its accounting of deaths caused by communism.<ref>https://www.victimsofcommunism.org/sb/chinese-communist-party-world-health-organization-culpability-in-coronavirus-pandemic</ref> In a statement the Foundation announced:

In April 2020, the Foundation announced it would be adding the worldwide death toll from the [[CCP coronavirus]] to its accounting of deaths caused by communism.<ref>https://www.victimsofcommunism.org/sb/chinese-communist-party-world-health-organization-culpability-in-coronavirus-pandemic</ref> In a statement the Foundation announced:

{{quotebox|The denial of information, outright fabrications, and disregard for human life—both within and outside of China’s borders—is so shocking and pervasive that the contracting of the virus by millions worldwide and the resultant death toll was not only foreseeable but entirely avoidable.

{{quotebox|The denial of information, outright fabrications, and disregard for human life—both within and outside of China’s borders—is so shocking and pervasive that the contracting of the [[virus]] by millions worldwide and the resultant death toll was not only foreseeable but entirely avoidable.

If the [[Chinese Communist Party]] had taken early steps to warn the world instead of covering up its spread, and if the [[WHO]] had simply questioned or cautioned against China’s assertions, the harm would have been significantly reduced. Instead, the [[PRC]]’s actions and WHO’s inaction precipitated a [[pandemic]], leading to a global economic crisis and a growing loss of human life.  

If the [[Chinese Communist Party]] had taken early steps to warn the world instead of covering up its spread, and if the [[WHO]] had simply questioned or cautioned against China’s assertions, the harm would have been significantly reduced. Instead, the [[PRC]]’s actions and WHO’s inaction precipitated a [[pandemic]], leading to a global economic crisis and a growing loss of human life.