People at work have started fake coughing as a joke so now I won't be able to tell who is actually coughing. Nice work lads

46 cases of the coronavirus confirmed in Wisconsin

Macron made a good move, now I have read that troops have been sent to Paris to stop the spread of the coronavirus. well, we know who they'll stop...
[yellow vests]

School is out until the 30th

All the pharmacies are being plagued by the locusts of panic. They took all the fucking gummy vitamins. What the fuck.

gummy vitamins are the cure, didnt y'know

Perhaps there will be a time when the West consider about the “institutional advantage” of China. ( Although I thought that word mostly brainwashing) :D

Hahahahahahahahaha. Good one. Are these institutional advantages?

- Lying to the WHO and rest of the world about human-human transmission
- Covering up the mapped genome for a week
- Waiting 3 weeks from patient zero to notifying WHO
- Allowing 5 million people to leave Hubei before quarantine (that was planned in advance) for Lunar New Year festivals
- Lying about the origins of the virus (claims US military)

Or we can go back further:

- Learning absolutely nothing from SARS (deregulating wildlife trade)
- Censorship of those who criticize wildlife trade

The CCP is the greatest threat to human liberty and global security on the globe, bar none. They allowed this virus (that was created by unsanitary practices fostered and encouraged by Mao Zedong) to spread beyond their borders and now people in Asia, Europe, the Middle East, America, and elsewhere will pay the price for it. The looming global recession is all on them, and they should be held fully accountable for it. I feel for all Chinese people who realize that their government is of no benefit to them and hope they dispose of it.

The only "institutional advantage" the CCP has is their ability to get away with everything. Time and time again. They will collapse the global economy and get away scot-free. Hopefully we (America) don't re-elect the president who ignored the threat this had, calling it a "hoax". I still think that the human cost of the pandemic will be measured in the thousands not the millions, but the economic fallout will be immense.

This could have been prevented easily. But China('s government) had other ideas.

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stupid china('s government), thanks for making my walmart 99% empty (foodwise, at least)

Yawn, hypocritic sinophobia and hysteria as if pre-virus sinophobia wasn't bad enough.

How am I hypocritical or sinophobic? I started learning Chinese as a New Year's Resolution and love Chinese culture. The CCP is not China. The CCP is a global terrorist organization granted immunity from criticism by people who call you racist for criticizing them. Ask 95% of people from Taiwan, Hong Kong, or Tibet.

Left-leaning journalists agree with me.

https://twitter.com/yashar/status/1240032102029996032?s=21

Its funny when US-Americans critisize foreign governments for their negligence. All while they invade other countries in the name of "freedom", then leave them in a state of civil war, and point at them and say "Look, how unstable they are!". The US-government is the biggest terrorist organisation in human history, and the worst thing is that its fully backed up by both the NATO, and the UN.

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^I Can't agree more.

`stupid china('s government), thanks for making my walmart 99% empty (foodwise, at least)`

No, that's your own nation's fault for being so moronic. I don't have such problems where I live. Sure there is a spike in how much people buy but markets keep up. And people don't hoard toilet paper either, unlike in the west.

I don't get all this sinophobia that's increasing lately. The virus originates from China, so what? The AH1N1 pandemic came from Mexico and USA. Mad Cow Disease came from UK. HIV came from Africa. Shit happens.

its china's fault for not giving us any damn information from the beginning

they invade other countries in the name of "freedom", then leave them in a state of civil war, and point at them and say "Look, how unstable they are!". The US-government is the biggest terrorist organisation in human history, and the worst thing is that its fully backed up by both the NATO, and the UN.

Completely agree with you Cata! US has been horrible throughout this whole situation. It's not either China or the US. It's both. Criticize both for their inaction and the cost that we will all pay. Just because I am an American doesn’t mean I support our government! I think our government system is good, but it has been corrupted and changed from its original state by people like Wilson, the Roosevelts, Nixon, Reagan, etc. America needs to look beyond the two major parties in 2020 if we want real change. Chinese people don’t have this option.

I don't get all this sinophobia that's increasing lately. The virus originates from China, so what? The AH1N1 pandemic came from Mexico and USA. Mad Cow Disease came from UK. HIV came from Africa. Shit happens.

This sounds like Ilhan Omar "some people did some things", referring to 9/11. Shit happens? This is a global pandemic that is showing no signs of stopping in the next week, or month? Every event in the World is cancelled. Because of the CCP. Nobody else tried to cover these pandemics up until it already spread across the world. Mad Cow Disease was caused by Western food practices. None of these excuse the unsanitary practices in Chinese wet markets (that most Chinese people don't go to).

Once again, Anti-CCP does NOT mean sinophobic!

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Its funny when US-Americans critisize foreign governments for their negligence. All while they invade other countries in the name of "freedom", then leave them in a state of civil war, and point at them and say "Look, how unstable they are!".

Well, depending on how rotten you view politicians, these actions of the U.S. aren't negligence, but calculated endeavors, so I personally wouldn't call this a fair comparison. Either way, the misdeeds of one entity do not cancel out the misdeeds of another.

The US-government is the biggest terrorist organisation in human history

Completely agree with you!

was not expecting that response. carry on then, as long as you keep perspective

The US-government is the biggest terrorist organisation in human history

Honestly, yes.

small report from Italy :
- east Lombardy has collapsed. People are left in their homes even if that means death.
- Milano hospitals are under stress. To be seen if the growth in infected will rise or not.
- all regions are registering growing, exponentially growing, numbers.

So, hope your government is smarter than ours ( they refused the lock down in Bergamo and it's still possible to work for non essential companies there.,....)

"Spring call-up will take place despite coronavirus

Russian defense Minister,General of the army Sergei Shoigu said that the spring conscription campaign will not be postponed because of the coronavirus. This is reported by TASS.

According to Shoigu, the draft will be held in accordance with the Federal law "on military duty and military service" from April 1 to July 15."

Be healthy!

China reported it as soon as they could establish that it was a new virus. They also contained it very well. The bad part was that some infected citizens may have fled (some of which could have been infected) between the time their government announced the lockdown and when the lockdown took affect. They shortly stopped most social activities and travel as well.

South Korea also did a very good job at containing it. They inform locals of where an infected person had been a few days before they showed symptoms. They also quarantined the mild cases. Quarantining the mild cases is very good as most people would follow their daily routine as they could probably still consider themselves fit for work, preventing many possible infections.

The main problem was that it got to Italy. Italy banned direct travel from China to Italy and vice versa, however they did not monitor indirect travel from China to Italy. If Italy monitored the non-direct travel from China to Italy, arguably the virus would not have got to Europe and the rest of the world as fast. Also Italy is one of the main global holiday destinations with a very welcoming culture, making it a hotspot for rapid spread of illnesses.

The USA also didn't do too well either. Their hospital staff had little to know training with dealing with the what was then an outbreak. Some of the healthcare workers got infected and local clusters of infections emerged.

What China could have done better is to not censor the online rumours of a spread of the new virus (which later turned out to be true). If people simply knew of its existence, they'd most likely have the sense to avoid anyone nearby who is coughing. The asymptotic cases would still be impossible to recognise unless medical equipment is used, but the overall spread probably would have reduced.

What infected people who knew they were infected could have done is to self-isolate. Some managed to escape from their quarantine and go to mass gatherings and or go to their families.

Source: daily light reading since the outbreak was public knowledge.