Current Affairs Coronavirus Thread - Serious stuff !!!

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The World Health Organization struggled to get needed information from China during critical early days of the coronavirus pandemic, according to recordings of internal meetings that contradict the organisation’s public praise of Beijing’s response to the outbreak
The recordings, obtained by the Associated Press (AP), show officials complaining in meetings during the week of 6 January that Beijing was not sharing data needed to evaluate the risk of the virus to the rest of the world. It was not until 20 January that China confirmed coronavirus was contagious and 30 January that the WHO declared a global emergency.
“We’re going on very minimal information,” said Maria Van Kerkhove, an epidemiologist and the WHO technical lead for Covid-19, according to the AP. “It’s clearly not enough for you to do proper planning.”
The WHO’s top official in China, Gauden Galea, said in one of the recordings: “We’re currently at the stage where yes, they’re giving it to us 15 minutes before it appears on CCTV [Chinese state TV].”



It’s all a conspiracy though, China did nothing wrong. That WHO epidemiologist is just a bad racist trump supporter.
 
Just read the last few pages.

Deary me , Cant believe anyone in their right mind would defend China's actions from the very start right up to this terrible mess we are in .
The most horrific oppressive , archaic society in the world will by nature inform the rest of the world what they want to release.
This , as most epidemic's and pandemics start from the coultural habits and practices from the far east.
They delayed warning the WHO and the rest of the world possibly thinking they could contain it.
Once it was out & spreading rapidly they sought to conform and pass information on to the rest of the world.
Far too late , there was then a virus with no known cure ripping through society.

Blame is often looked at as a finger pointing excersize , but in this case the word blame is firmly laid at the door of China.
 
Just read the last few pages.

Deary me , Cant believe anyone in their right mind would defend China's actions from the very start right up to this terrible mess we are in .
The most horrific oppressive , archaic society in the world will by nature inform the rest of the world what they want to release.
This , as most epidemic's and pandemics start from the coultural habits and practices from the far east.
They delayed warning the WHO and the rest of the world possibly thinking they could contain it.
Once it was out & spreading rapidly they sought to conform and pass information on to the rest of the world.
Far too late , there was then a virus with no known cure ripping through society.

Blame is often looked at as a finger pointing excersize , but in this case the word blame is firmly laid at the door of China.

Roll it out one further, how many thousands of lives have been lost globally as a result of their lies and obstruction.

Great bunch of lads.
 
So I found out Tuesday evening I had been exposed to someone who tested positive for the virus. Took my test Wednesday morning, still waiting for the result. No symptoms but the wait is troubling.

My insurance provider required a referral from a doctor to have the cost for a test covered. Fee for the referral which took less than 5 minutes? $50.
Test results - negative.

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It’s very peculiar that you’re so against any criticism of China’s handling of the virus, and resort to desperate nonsense like the last line of your post.
I'm using the words of experts in the article that you furnished us with that undermine the muddle headed conclusion you drew from it.

The delay in response was not down to "authoritarian government". It was a general reluctance to shout "fire" that any stripe of government will take.
 
I'm using the words of experts in the article that you furnished us with that undermine the muddle headed conclusion you drew from it.

The delay in response was not down to "authoritarian government". It was a general reluctance to shout "fire" that any stripe of government will take.

The Covid lead epidemiologist for the WHO is on record saying the Chinese government deliberately withheld information which stunted their response to the outbreak.

Im sure you’ll find a reason to discredit them as it doesn’t fit with your peculiar mission to defend the CCP at any cost.
 
The Covid lead epidemiologist for the WHO is on record saying the Chinese government deliberately withheld information which stunted their response to the outbreak.

Im sure you’ll find a reason to discredit them as it doesn’t fit with your peculiar mission to defend the CCP at any cost.


You're all over the place. Your argument was about the nature of the PRC and their system being authoritarian and centralised and that is why Covid19 got out of hand. The experts (the ones you linked us to) are telling you that governments per se will be in denial until it becomes a forlorn position and only then will they act. If you dont think that's true just look at the European governements faced with the evidence from China and then denied the coming storm would happen.

Stop digging and get out of the JCB.
 
I'm using the words of experts in the article that you furnished us with that undermine the muddle headed conclusion you drew from it.

The delay in response was not down to "authoritarian government". It was a general reluctance to shout "fire" that any stripe of government will take.
Not sure any "normal" govt would take such a stance David.
 
Not sure any "normal" govt would take such a stance David.
Well, at the risk of calling these ball bags at Westminster a "normal" government, that's exactly what they did too...for weeks and months when presented with the evidence we'd be hammered.
 
Well, at the risk of calling these ball bags at Westminster a "normal" government, that's exactly what they did too...for weeks and months when presented with the evidence we'd be hammered.
No mate we dont need convincing how badly the this govt have handled this mess.
But that does not exonerate the country that welded the doors of its citizens shut to stop the world seeing what was going on . But yet sent out footage of their troops sanitizing the streets doing their part to contain this virus.
 
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