You just woke up and your brain is not fully operational.
@Roy321 implied China tries to coverup the issue about coronavirus and hence US is not aware earlier (I presume he is going along with Trump claim that he would do better if he is aware earlier)
@ww13 said that the info got out and USA should be aware earlier before the official China announcement.
My view is, just two different systems, in Singapore, pretty sure Singapore government would view the research centre as overstepping its authority.
USA is built upon not trusting the government. Hence Americans favor freedom of speech, freedom of press, rights to bear arms, …
Singaporeans trust the government.