Robin Hood wrote:Paphitis:
They didn't immediately lock down Wuhan. 8 Doctors in Wuhan were already treating patients with SARS like symptoms and they tried to alert colleagues and the Government, but the State didn't listen and they even reprimanded them. One of the Doctors has since died from Coronavirus.
Directly the Chinese KNEW what was happening they did lock down Wuhan ..... then virtually all the main cities/towns throughout China. The US, UK, EU are still not shut down! But this is what I am trying to impart to you ....... authority in both China and the US ignored the whistle blowers that had all the information.
I know you have an aversion to anything you can’t read about in the NYT or WP but by doing so you are doing just what you accuse China of doing and that is ignoring credible explanations. The following is not bashing the US, it is a credible explanation of where the virus most likely came from. If this is true then the cases in the US, yet to be indentified, could be orders of magnitude higher than accepted by the US administration.
Now expand that a bit? Trump has shut the door to Europe, or should I say Schengen Europe, presumably because it has free movement with no borders? So, here we have a credible explanation of the source likely being the US ...... but has Trump shut down internal travel within the US? There are no border controls between States either! The US still has not the slightest idea of how many US citizens are affected with this virus as they don’t even have the test kits to find out!
For his actions to have the effect Trump thinks they will, he has to also shut down the US ...... and that is not going to happen because of the effect on the Markets, which are already in a power dive. I am afraid that Trump has no more regard for the American people than your claim that China’s government has for theirs. At the end of the day this virus IS a health problem but the effect on The Markets is what is troubling those making the decisions.
Swallow your hatred of anything that might contradict your opinions ......... and read this. It is interesting.
We don't need to shut down anything. It's not as if either country has a high incidence at this point in time.
All we need to do is shut down our borders to certain countries like China, Iran, Korea and Italy to reduce our risk.
Australia has closed its borders to Iran, China, Korea and Italy and may close its borders to more countries in the near future.
USA has closed down its borders to Shengen countries, Iran, China, and Korea with more to follow soon.
When Australia started to send Chinese Nationals to the Christmas Island Detention Centers and cancel all student VISAS, the Chinese were calling blue murder. They were beside themsleves trying to play down the risk and accuse us of over reacting.
There is no reason for the USA or Australia to be quarantined or closed down. If any country wants to close down their borders to the USA and Australia, they are free to do so. We don't particularly care or are worried. Both Australia and USA will not hesitate to close their borders to other countries.
Once again, you are wasting your time with those links. I don't read them.