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The way all global superpowers and, by extension, their organizations have to babysit China's government has gone from ridiculous to ridiculously dangerous. Pol

The way all global superpowers and, by extension, their organizations have to babysit China's government has gone from ridiculous to ridiculously dangerous. Politicans pretend not to notice human rights abuses, ignore the fact that the regime is repressive and a danger to its own people, and now try to act like saying 'Hey, the virus originated in this country, hope they contain it' is some horribly offensive thing. It's unjustifiable in my eyes.

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segmondy 7y ago
Grow up. WHO is not an organization to talk about human rights or other things. It's HEALTH, that's what the H is in. China started of slow, but they have really stepped up in doing their part to help contain the virus. Nothing wrong with recognizing their effort. Let's not forget that the scientists working around the clock in that country are not "China" but individuals like you and me.
- WilTimSon 7y ago
  a) 'Grow up' is not useful discourse, please leave that stuff on social media. b) Recognizing their effort is fine and the right thing to do. Saying 'oh, we don't need travel blocks' when the virus seems to mainly be spread from one province is dangerous. And this following part is just wildly misleading and a clear attempt to babysit the Chinese government's feelings: "The main reason for this declaration is not what is happening in China but what is happening in other countries," said WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.
- dang 7y ago
  Please edit personal swipes like "Grow up." out of your posts to HN. They break the site guidelines. Your comment would be fine without that bit. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
dang 7y ago
Please don't take HN threads further into nationalistic flamewar. It makes discussion nastier and more predictable—the two things we're most hoping to avoid here. We detached this subthread from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22194996 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22194996.

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segmondy 7y ago

Grow up. WHO is not an organization to talk about human rights or other things. It's HEALTH, that's what the H is in. China started of slow, but they have really stepped up in doing their part to help contain the virus. Nothing wrong with recognizing their effort. Let's not forget that the scientists working around the clock in that country are not "China" but individuals like you and me.

WilTimSon 7y ago
a) 'Grow up' is not useful discourse, please leave that stuff on social media. b) Recognizing their effort is fine and the right thing to do. Saying 'oh, we don't need travel blocks' when the virus seems to mainly be spread from one province is dangerous. And this following part is just wildly misleading and a clear attempt to babysit the Chinese government's feelings: "The main reason for this declaration is not what is happening in China but what is happening in other countries," said WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.
dang 7y ago
Please edit personal swipes like "Grow up." out of your posts to HN. They break the site guidelines. Your comment would be fine without that bit. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

dang 7y ago

Please don't take HN threads further into nationalistic flamewar. It makes discussion nastier and more predictable—the two things we're most hoping to avoid here. We detached this subthread from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22194996 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22194996.