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Because it isn't a fact and is downright false. China isn't great for a number of reasons and their suppression of information may have made this worse but bla
by munk-a 7y ago
Because it isn't a fact and is downright false. China isn't great for a number of reasons and their suppression of information may have made this worse but blaming them wholesale for this outbreak is just silly.
- kazinator 7y agoThe pandemic is the result of unsafe handling of infected meat in in China. It had to cross the Chinese border in order to be present elsewhere. Moreover, it was predicted that such a pandemic would start in China, for exactly the reasons that it happened, yet China did nothing to prevent it. Smithsonian Magazine, 2017: "Is China Ground Zero for a Future Pandemic?" https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/china-ground-zero-future-pandemic-180965213/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/china-ground-z... On top of that, the egregiously deadly 1918 Spanish Flu, and numerous other viral epidemics, have historically come from China. National Geographic, 2014: "1918 Flu Pandemic That Killed 50 Million Originated in China, Historians Say" https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/1/140123-spanish-flu-1918-china-origins-pandemic-science-health/ https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/1/140123-spanis...
- jshevek 7y agoThank you. We can't solve a problem if we cannot discuss it accurately. The Chinese regime is invested in controlling the narrative, and is taking advantage of our deep concerns about racism to convince people to assist them in that control.
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- jshevek 7y agoDid you think I said exclusively responsible for each step? Also, do you have any defense for claiming this is racist?