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The Chinese government has had difficulties handling the situation. I think we might need WHO to jump in soon. (Chinese New Years is in 3 days and few hundred
by taiwanboy 7y ago
The Chinese government has had difficulties handling the situation. I think we might need WHO to jump in soon.
(Chinese New Years is in 3 days and few hundred million people will travel in congested trains and flights. Also people in China usually don’t cover their mouths when they cough)
Coronavirus: Chinese hospitals not testing patients, say relatives https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jan/21/coronavirus-chinese-hospitals-not-testing-patients-say-relatives https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jan/21/coronavirus-ch...
Wuhan virus kills fourth patient, infects hospital staff amid fear of ‘super-spreader’ https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3046908/new-china-virus-likely-human-transmission-stage-infections https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3046908/new-...
man in Wuhan infected with coronavirus went to hospital but got sent away, took a flight to Dalian & became Patient Zero in Dalian https://www.reddit.com/r/China/comments/erszdd/disease_control_with_chinese_characteristics_man/ https://www.reddit.com/r/China/comments/erszdd/disease_contr...
- UncleOxidant 7y agoIf they have difficulty dealing with this in a country where the government has a lot of control over people's coming and going just think what it'll be like if it gets going in the US.
- tanilama 7y agoI think otherwise. If there is one government that can tackle this, it will be the Chinese government. It is much more powerful and effective to enforce crowd control than other countries. And you better hope it succeeds, for your own benefits.
- chrisco255 7y agoThe WHO is a policy org. They don't have any power to do anything on their own. They can only recommend things.
- m3kw9 7y agoMaybe a million fevers a day in China