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I agree, demonizing the Chinese people is the worst thing anyone can do. They didn't want this virus either, but they taught us how we can contain it, and they
by asclepi 7y ago
I agree, demonizing the Chinese people is the worst thing anyone can do. They didn't want this virus either, but they taught us how we can contain it, and they paid the price with countless human lives.
The CCP is the one that needs to be made responsible. However, they will label any attempt from the west as racism towards the Chinese, to avoid having to take up that responsibility.
Change will only happen when it doesn't look like the CCP is losing face by listening to what the west is dictating. Economic sanctions are the alternative, but that would threaten the supply of cheap Chinese labor.
- adultSwim 7y agoThe CCP aggressively fought the virus, giving us time (we wasted) to prepare.
- asclepi 7y agoThey did, but they also wasted a lot of time in January, allowing the virus to travel the world. But as you mentioned, other nations made similar mistakes, and they had the benefit of being warned. However, when it comes to the question of responsibility for preventing a third SARS outbreak originating from China, the answer lies with the CCP.
- oarabbus_ 7y agoThe CCP silenced the doctors who tried to sound the alarm and made numerous missteps. They should be held accountable. https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-it-all-started-chinas-early-coronavirus-missteps-11583508932 https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-it-all-started-chinas-early...
- gruez 7y ago>giving us time (we wasted) to prepare. If that's anything to go by, we're fucked when it comes to climate change.
- benrbray 7y agoI'm sorry, what? They only started to do the right thing once they realized a cover-up wouldn't be successful [1]. Even then, we're still hearing about attempts to silence scientists and destroy evidence. [1]: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/01/world/asia/china-coronavirus.html https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/01/world/asia/china-coronavi...
- brodouevencode 7y agoRead through @adultSwim's comment history. Hardcore on the side of the CCP.
- ballenf 7y agoBrave Chinese doctors and healthcare providers fought the virus. The CCP is a political party whose sole interest is in consolidating power.
- adultSwim 7y agoShould we be sanctioned for creating mad cow?
- riyadparvez 7y agoI am not sure how this is comparable. There is a concept called degree of risk. Bats are known for being reservoir of zootonic viruses unlike common farm animals like chickens, cows etc. Moreover, eating bats is easier to give up provided that we already have lots of other safer alternatives of meats.
- choeger 7y agoLet me think about it... Some people in the food industry fed dead sheep to cows and thus created a whole new form of transmissible, deadly desease. Hmmm... Yes I think that falls into the same category.
- brodouevencode 7y agoMad cow could hardly be called a pandemic. A whopping 231 total cases. It caused a little economic damage and comparatively no human damage.
- arcticbull 7y agoA lot of economic damage, over 4.4 million cows were slaughtered [1] [1] https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-45906585 https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-45906585
- brodouevencode 7y agoComparatively small. Estimates are that cost about $5.7b USD over the course of 5 years[0]. Conservative estimates are that it's going to cost $2.7t USD, and that was from before it was labeled a pandemic. [1] [0] https://www.ers.usda.gov/webdocs/publications/37404/11780_ldpm17001.pdf?v=0 https://www.ers.usda.gov/webdocs/publications/37404/11780_ld... [1] https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2020-coronavirus-pandemic-global-economic-risk/ https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2020-coronavirus-pandemic...