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The way the central government is handling this is impressive, quarantining a city of that size is unprecedented and has bought the world extra time to prepare.
by mantap 7y ago
The way the central government is handling this is impressive, quarantining a city of that size is unprecedented and has bought the world extra time to prepare.
Yes the WHO are playing politics when they focus on the good things China is doing and ignore the bad. But personally I think they are closer to the truth than those who present an entirely negative version of events. China's response has been 70% good :)
- sliken 7y agoIt would be more impressive if it wasn't a month after the problem started and after 5M people left.
- heavyset_go 7y ago> The way the central government is handling this is impressive Not really, they jailed the experts who told them that they needed to act quickly, sat on it for a month, and finally did something about it when it was already out of hand.
- brigandish 7y ago> they jailed the experts who told them that they needed to act quickly If you don't mind me asking, where did you see that info?
- heavyset_go 7y agoI don't have the exact articles on hand right now, but here is a newer article on the suppression: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/01/world/asia/china-coronavirus.html https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/01/world/asia/china-coronavi...
- netsharc 7y agoHuh, I would say you're in the wrong thread to claim it's "impressive", if this guy's video is to be believed, it's a whole lot of chaos and lack of supplies...
- mantap 7y agoWe have gone from the first confirmed human-to-human transmission to tens of thousands of cases in something like two weeks. No amount of preparation will prevent chaos and shortages in a situation like this. I watched the CDC press conference today and saw nothing but fear written on their faces. And that is with far more advanced notice than the Chinese had.