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The amount of virulent (pun intended) hatred of the Chinese government really shows here. Can't say it's not well deserved but you can at least give them some c

The amount of virulent (pun intended) hatred of the Chinese government really shows here. Can't say it's not well deserved but you can at least give them some credit for the quarantine.

sliken 7y ago
They new about it for weeks, 5M people left Wuhan, and then they started the quarantine. You think that should be praised?
- hurrdurr2 7y ago
  It's so easy to simply arm chair general this kind of event isn't it? Right now most of China is locked down... look at it this way, people are genuinely suffering and dying over there in droves and not so much over here. I can at least be appreciative of their sacrifice.
  - lazylizard 7y ago
    And i imagine nobody wanted to tell everyone not to come home for lunar new year...
  - dragonwriter 7y ago
    > look at it this way, people are genuinely suffering and dying over there in droves and not so much over here. I can at least be appreciative of their sacrifice. They aren't being sacrificed by the central government for us, they are being sacrificed to protect the rest of China. That has incidental benefits for not-China, but its not China sacrificing for not-China, its China sacrificing parts of China for China.
- evidencebased 7y ago
  Compared to the US response to H1N1 in 2009, a resounding YES! https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/somethings-right-here-folks-look-usa-2009-h1n1-virus-compared-cavolo/ https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/somethings-right-here-folks-l...
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rhegart 7y ago
Agreed, local govt was very poor, federal has been excellent and I’m probably the biggest China critic here
r_singh 7y ago
However, it's futile unless it reflects in our purchase (and employer) preferences.
coblers 7y ago
Credit? They only acted because they had to. Doctors were arrested weeks before for "spreading rumors". Their inability to act has led to this thing spreading beyond their borders.
- hurrdurr2 7y ago
  Compared to their idiotic response to SARS this is at least better.
- fqye 7y ago
  Not arrested. They were given a warning and asked to sign a sort of declaration that they agreed what they said were wrong then were sent to home. Still bad but not the same as being arrested.
- DarthGhandi 7y ago
  Would this quarantine happen in your country or any Western country? I doubt it.

The amount of virulent (pun intended) hatred of the Chinese government really shows here. Can't say it's not well deserved but you can at least give them some credit for the quarantine.

sliken 7y ago

They new about it for weeks, 5M people left Wuhan, and then they started the quarantine. You think that should be praised?

hurrdurr2 7y ago
It's so easy to simply arm chair general this kind of event isn't it? Right now most of China is locked down... look at it this way, people are genuinely suffering and dying over there in droves and not so much over here. I can at least be appreciative of their sacrifice.
- lazylizard 7y ago
  And i imagine nobody wanted to tell everyone not to come home for lunar new year...
- dragonwriter 7y ago
  > look at it this way, people are genuinely suffering and dying over there in droves and not so much over here. I can at least be appreciative of their sacrifice. They aren't being sacrificed by the central government for us, they are being sacrificed to protect the rest of China. That has incidental benefits for not-China, but its not China sacrificing for not-China, its China sacrificing parts of China for China.
evidencebased 7y ago
Compared to the US response to H1N1 in 2009, a resounding YES! https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/somethings-right-here-folks-look-usa-2009-h1n1-virus-compared-cavolo/ https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/somethings-right-here-folks-l...

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rhegart 7y ago

Agreed, local govt was very poor, federal has been excellent and I’m probably the biggest China critic here

r_singh 7y ago

However, it's futile unless it reflects in our purchase (and employer) preferences.

coblers 7y ago

Credit? They only acted because they had to. Doctors were arrested weeks before for "spreading rumors". Their inability to act has led to this thing spreading beyond their borders.

hurrdurr2 7y ago
Compared to their idiotic response to SARS this is at least better.
fqye 7y ago
Not arrested. They were given a warning and asked to sign a sort of declaration that they agreed what they said were wrong then were sent to home. Still bad but not the same as being arrested.
DarthGhandi 7y ago
Would this quarantine happen in your country or any Western country? I doubt it.