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“Weakness and ignorance are not barriers to survival, but arrogance is.” You think China can't manufacture good quality mask, a simple mask? You people really a

by einmus 7y ago

“Weakness and ignorance are not barriers to survival, but arrogance is.” You think China can't manufacture good quality mask, a simple mask? You people really are that arrogant?

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2muchcoffeeman 7y ago
It’s worse than that. They believe it’s a Chinese conspiracy. One of the few countries to control the spread, but the tests they distribute will be ‘tainted’ and ‘ineffective’.
jayliew 7y ago
You put words in my mouth. My concern isn't that it's not "good quality". My concern is, the thing is literally coming from the country where the virus originated from to begin with. Presumably, these things were made with human hands, of people in China, .. the country where this all started. So, ... you're telling me, you're just going to blindly assume these products have ZERO trace of the virus without any verification?
- scotty79 7y ago
  Pls read what's known about this virus survivability outside of hosts body before you assume that item touched by infected person is "tainted" forever.
  - jayliew 7y ago
    Look up my other comment. Research right now says 3 days.
    - scotty79 7y ago
      Do you expect to wear any of the .5 million masks in less then 3 days after they were touched by the last person who touched them before packaging?
      - jayliew 7y ago
        Flight here is 12 hours. So you don't think it's possible? Why?
        scotty79 7y ago
        Yes. I think it's impossible because loading things on planes take time and putting them in boxes before that takes even more time. And driving them to the airport and from the airport takes time. And taking them out of boxes takes time. If you did everything as quick as possible maybe you'd have a chance to lick a thing that came from china faster then three days after last Chinese person licked it. In practice. When you have .5 mln mass manufactured items you have no chance. Also, on cardboard the virus stays potent only fo 24 hours.
- knzhou 7y ago
  Right now, 99% of active cases are outside of China. If you're worried about shipments from China, you should be 100x as worried about shipments from Europe. Or, for that matter, a different state in the US. Another point: if you're also an Asian living in the United States, spending all day whipping up anti-Chinese sentiment online is not going to help you. If you succeed, you're going to be treated just as badly as me, because they can't tell the difference between us. If you think you can get away free by just being really, really American, you're hopelessly naive. I'm excessively American myself, and it hasn't helped me one bit.
  - jayliew 7y ago
    Umm, I don't know how badly you're getting treated, but I haven't been so .. thanks for that "advice"?
    - knzhou 7y ago
      I've visited senators and representatives and they called me a threat to this country, to my face, knowing full well that I was a US citizen. Maybe you've had less experience with politicians. Maybe you look less Asian. Maybe you're just naive. I can't know which it is, but I'm sure they think the same of you as me.
      - jayliew 7y ago
        You realize that you're the racist here for pulling the race card, right? I'm not on your side just because you're Asian. I'm interested in the general well being of ALL people, Asian or not, in the US. I'm sorry you were mistreated, but you made a wrong assumption that I am, or that I will, and you're trying to get me to be on your "side"? I don't like presumptuous people.
        knzhou 7y ago
        I don't have a "side". On one hand, I was born in mainland China. On the other hand, my parents were almost gunned down at Tiananmen square. We came to America to try to leave that behind, and yet still the senators presume I'm a CCP agent! All it took was the wrong kind of name and face. I could go on with more of my sob stories, but I can tell you won't take bullshit. The point is: I don't know or care about the geopolitics of the South China Sea. All I know is, when xenophobia rises in the US, the CCP is not actually going to be hurt one bit. The only people that will be targeted will be us.

by einmus 7y ago

“Weakness and ignorance are not barriers to survival, but arrogance is.” You think China can't manufacture good quality mask, a simple mask? You people really are that arrogant?

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2muchcoffeeman 7y ago

It’s worse than that. They believe it’s a Chinese conspiracy. One of the few countries to control the spread, but the tests they distribute will be ‘tainted’ and ‘ineffective’.

jayliew 7y ago

You put words in my mouth. My concern isn't that it's not "good quality". My concern is, the thing is literally coming from the country where the virus originated from to begin with. Presumably, these things were made with human hands, of people in China, .. the country where this all started. So, ... you're telling me, you're just going to blindly assume these products have ZERO trace of the virus without any verification?

scotty79 7y ago
Pls read what's known about this virus survivability outside of hosts body before you assume that item touched by infected person is "tainted" forever.
- jayliew 7y ago
  Look up my other comment. Research right now says 3 days.
  - scotty79 7y ago
    Do you expect to wear any of the .5 million masks in less then 3 days after they were touched by the last person who touched them before packaging?
    - jayliew 7y ago
      Flight here is 12 hours. So you don't think it's possible? Why?
      - scotty79 7y ago
        Yes. I think it's impossible because loading things on planes take time and putting them in boxes before that takes even more time. And driving them to the airport and from the airport takes time. And taking them out of boxes takes time. If you did everything as quick as possible maybe you'd have a chance to lick a thing that came from china faster then three days after last Chinese person licked it. In practice. When you have .5 mln mass manufactured items you have no chance. Also, on cardboard the virus stays potent only fo 24 hours.
knzhou 7y ago
Right now, 99% of active cases are outside of China. If you're worried about shipments from China, you should be 100x as worried about shipments from Europe. Or, for that matter, a different state in the US. Another point: if you're also an Asian living in the United States, spending all day whipping up anti-Chinese sentiment online is not going to help you. If you succeed, you're going to be treated just as badly as me, because they can't tell the difference between us. If you think you can get away free by just being really, really American, you're hopelessly naive. I'm excessively American myself, and it hasn't helped me one bit.
- jayliew 7y ago
  Umm, I don't know how badly you're getting treated, but I haven't been so .. thanks for that "advice"?
  - knzhou 7y ago
    I've visited senators and representatives and they called me a threat to this country, to my face, knowing full well that I was a US citizen. Maybe you've had less experience with politicians. Maybe you look less Asian. Maybe you're just naive. I can't know which it is, but I'm sure they think the same of you as me.
    - jayliew 7y ago
      You realize that you're the racist here for pulling the race card, right? I'm not on your side just because you're Asian. I'm interested in the general well being of ALL people, Asian or not, in the US. I'm sorry you were mistreated, but you made a wrong assumption that I am, or that I will, and you're trying to get me to be on your "side"? I don't like presumptuous people.
      - knzhou 7y ago
        I don't have a "side". On one hand, I was born in mainland China. On the other hand, my parents were almost gunned down at Tiananmen square. We came to America to try to leave that behind, and yet still the senators presume I'm a CCP agent! All it took was the wrong kind of name and face. I could go on with more of my sob stories, but I can tell you won't take bullshit. The point is: I don't know or care about the geopolitics of the South China Sea. All I know is, when xenophobia rises in the US, the CCP is not actually going to be hurt one bit. The only people that will be targeted will be us.