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Japanese Encephalitis and German measles say Hi

Japanese or German geographical regions?
German measles were named after the scientist who discovered them.
Japanese encephalitis was coined in 1871 and was what it was originally called. It's safe to say we would be more aware not to name it that in this day and age.
Moreover, the virus ALREADY had a geographic name: Wuhan. And Trump decided to inject his xenophobic shtick.

Don't be purposely obtuse. You look extremely silly throwing out random names hoping your cheap attempts at whataboutism sticks, without even bothering doing the background research yourself.

Don't be a circus clown like Trump.
 
What americans eat are disgusting. Arseholes and earholes shaped into burgers and hotdogs.
I'll take a deep fried platypus arse over a box of Kraft mac & cheese anyday of the week. Coming from Ireland to the US was a fecking eye opener, can't even get a decent loaf on the shelf, too sweet with a very weird chew on it. But it's the USofA so an extra few notes gets you some tasty stuff with better quality.
 
This article hits the spot:

This is what allowed the virus to spread across the globe. Because the Chinese Communist Party was pretending that there was little to be concerned about, Wuhan was a porous purveyor of the virus. The government only instituted a lockdown in Wuhan on January 23—seven weeks after the virus first appeared. As events in Italy, the United States, Spain, and France have shown, quite a lot can happen in a week, much less seven. By then, mayor Zhou Xianwang admitted that more than 5 million people had already left Wuhan.

If that weren’t enough, we can plumb recent history for an even more damning account. In a 2019 article, Chinese experts warned it was “highly likely that future SARS- or MERS-like coronavirus outbreaks will originate from bats, and there is an increased probability that this will occur in China.” In a 2007 journal article, infectious-disease specialists published a study arguing that “the presence of a large reservoir of SARS-CoV-like viruses in horseshoe bats, together with the culture of eating exotic mammals in southern China, is a time bomb. The possibility of the reemergence of SARS and other novel viruses from animals or laboratories and therefore the need for preparedness should not be ignored.” It was ignored.

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/03/china-trolling-world-and-avoiding-blame/608332/
 
I honestly don't see the difference between eating a cow a horse or a dog if they are being bred for food purposes. Nor a chicken or a bat. You either eat meat or you don't. I have limits on what meat I eat but I can't be hypocritical just because of my cultural diet.

I find all this hypocrisy a little sickening to be honest. Trump calling it The Chinese Virus is not the same as someone saying Spanish Flu. Trump full on admitted yesterday it was purely in retaliation to reports of him hearing that China had apparently been blaming the CIA and USA. It's spiteful and his comments drip with spite and xenophobia.

He knows exactly what he is doing and what his words mean and how they will be used and interpreted by his base. Anyone pretending or arguing otherwise is being a fecking idiot and being obtuse and arguing just for arguings sake.

Here's the difference, mate. A cow, chicken or pig raised for food in the west is subject to a large number of safety and quality standards. Yes, there are gaps but as we have seen in the past, outbreaks of disease in these populations are generally handled swiftly via mass culls to protect consumers.

You will never find any remotely similar quality or safety standards in the wild meats brought to a wet market. This applies equally to Chinese wet markets and African wet markets (as well as some Cuban wet markets for pork in Florida that I've heard about). Interesting that both Chinese and African markets have been shown to be the source of dangerous viral outbreaks. There is nothing racist or xenophobic about being against these practices.
 

The Chinese government have blood on their hands, no doubt.

It’s easy to single them out as the origin and they are rightly in for harsh criticism but the US and UK responses haven’t exactly been glowing examples of how it should have been done. To certain extents they’ve been guilty of exactly the same offences.
 


Such a fecking despicable excuse for a human. cnut!

He has found his boogey man and going to make it all about the Chinese. This is what he is good at. I thought a virus being unable to talk would be difficult to fight against but he has found a way.
 
German measles were named after the scientist who discovered them.
Japanese encephalitis was coined in 1871 and was what it was originally called. It's safe to say we would be more aware not to name it that in this day and age.
Moreover, the virus ALREADY had a geographic name: Wuhan. And Trump decided to inject his xenophobic shtick.

Don't be purposely obtuse. You look extremely silly throwing out random names hoping your cheap attempts at whataboutism sticks, without even bothering doing the background research yourself.

Don't be a circus clown like Trump.
I have no problem with it being called the Wuhan coronavirus, just that the CCP are so busy trying to get everyone to call it COVID-19 because they are more concerned with propaganda than anything else.

Some have accused me of having TDS here (that's how much I hate Trump), just that for ONCE I don't think he's wrong.
 
I genuinely don't see his Presidency surviving this. It's going to go on for months and people are going to get more angry and more scared and with this bumbling idiot appearing on TV every day acting petulant and completely lost and out of his depth I think even members of his base will lose patience with him at a time when they are looking for leadership and answers rather than sassy one liners and excuses.

He's not going to win the independent voters who were betting on his economy. They're more likely to trust Biden who was Obama's VP when Obama steered the US out of the recession and upwards (yes Eboue we know how he sold out to do this)

He’ll cancel all elections. 100%
 
I see you haven't addressed Japanese Encephalitis or German measles, what about MERS, West Nile Virus, Zika, Ebola?

Personally I think it should be called Wuhan virus, likes SARS should have been the Guangzhou virus.

You absolute melt
 
Here's the difference, mate. A cow, chicken or pig raised for food in the west is subject to a large number of safety and quality standards. Yes, there are gaps but as we have seen in the past, outbreaks of disease in these populations are generally handled swiftly via mass culls to protect consumers.

You will never find any remotely similar quality or safety standards in the wild meats brought to a wet market. This applies equally to Chinese wet markets and African wet markets (as well as some Cuban wet markets for pork in Florida that I've heard about). Interesting that both Chinese and African markets have been shown to be the source of dangerous viral outbreaks. There is nothing racist or xenophobic about being against these practices.

Mate, it was really early, I get the differences regarding safety and standards etc I was talking about a moral difference. Sorry, should have clarified that but I'd just woken up.

My bad.
 
Why Did President Trump Lie About the COVID-19 Crisis?



Haven’t got time to watch it now, is it as scathing as the title suggests?

Interesting source, that’s for sure.
 
Haven’t got time to watch it now, is it as scathing as the title suggests?

Interesting source, that’s for sure.
Only a minute long .Shows the number of people affected while he continued deny it.
 
Only a minute long .Shows the number of people affected while he continued deny it.

So it is, damning stuff. I think more and more conservatives are going to go off him. There’s nothing left to loot, they’re going to want establishment Democrat Biden to fix the economy so they can demonise him later and get back to looting when the economy is back.
 
I have no problem with it being called the Wuhan coronavirus, just that the CCP are so busy trying to get everyone to call it COVID-19 because they are more concerned with propaganda than anything else.

Some have accused me of having TDS here (that's how much I hate Trump), just that for ONCE I don't think he's wrong.
I am with you here, mate. China fecked up and somehow trying to use this yet as another propaganda tool, and WHO was more concerned with not alienating China rather than doing something about it.

Trump is gonna run on this and win the next elections, while Democrats are gonna run on yet another identity politics platform of 'this has nothing to do with China, and we should not be racist' and lose the elections.
 
Wait for the numbers in the US to hit 6 figures and you'll see Trump accusing china of an act of war.
If it ever gets confirmed that it really was a leakage from a warfare lab, that's the equivalent of a rogue general nuking US.

Millions might die and the world's economy is gonna have a depression cause China was trying to do a cover-up arresting the doctor who first diagnosed the virus, and in January doing propaganda that it is not a big deal in order to protect their economy. It makes me sick how much they are using now this as a propaganda tool and how they are the good guys on this, and yet somehow people are buying it.
 
Mate, it was really early, I get the differences regarding safety and standards etc I was talking about a moral difference. Sorry, should have clarified that but I'd just woken up.

My bad.

I wasn't having a go, langy. But if we are talking morals, cleanliness is next to Godliness. ;)
 
I wasn't having a go, langy. But if we are talking morals, cleanliness is next to Godliness. ;)

I know you weren't mate. Don't worry, sorry if my reply sounded abrasive, I'm just shattered. 15 hour shift because staff phoned in sick due to being on the piss.

Btw,

I thought it was Canadians are next to Godliness ;)
 
I have no problem with it being called the Wuhan coronavirus, just that the CCP are so busy trying to get everyone to call it COVID-19 because they are more concerned with propaganda than anything else.

Some have accused me of having TDS here (that's how much I hate Trump), just that for ONCE I don't think he's wrong.
And Donald Fecking Trump isn't engaged in propaganda? Deluded.
 
If it ever gets confirmed that it really was a leakage from a warfare lab, that's the equivalent of a rogue general nuking US.

Millions might die and the world's economy is gonna have a depression cause China was trying to do a cover-up arresting the doctor who first diagnosed the virus, and in January doing propaganda that it is not a big deal in order to protect their economy.
This is complete nonsense. Since the outbreak occurred there have been reports of China detaining doctors, journalists, and whistleblowers. Literally every major network, liberal or conservative, has covered it. What they are being applauded for is their extreme efforts to stop the spread of the virus, which looks like it is working. Donald Trump, in typical fashion, after claiming it was a hoax, similar to the flu, and downplaying the severity, has now found the perfect scapegoat.

Ask yourself, what is the end game of blaming China?
Are we going to go to war with them? No.
Are we going to sanction our largest importer in the midst of a recession? No.
Will we recieve any monetary compensation? No.

The only reasonable answer is Trump and the rest of these right-wing, propaganda-pushing charlatans simply want to find someone to blame. In one word, scapegoating.

It makes me sick how much they are using now this as a propaganda tool and how they are the good guys on this, and yet somehow people are buying it.
Oh the irony.
 
If it ever gets confirmed that it really was a leakage from a warfare lab, that's the equivalent of a rogue general nuking US.

Millions might die and the world's economy is gonna have a depression cause China was trying to do a cover-up arresting the doctor who first diagnosed the virus, and in January doing propaganda that it is not a big deal in order to protect their economy. It makes me sick how much they are using now this as a propaganda tool and how they are the good guys on this, and yet somehow people are buying it.
No one is buying they are the good guy, people are just saying they did good in controlling it within their borders after the initial clusterfeck.

And some world leaders that are praising them, it is basically equivalent to why American presidents praise Saudi kings, they don't have a choice.
 
I know you weren't mate. Don't worry, sorry if my reply sounded abrasive, I'm just shattered. 15 hour shift because staff phoned in sick due to being on the piss.

Btw,

I thought it was Canadians are next to Godliness ;)

You sweet talking sonofabitch. I'm a lake.
 


Much like Richard Burr, Kelly Loeffler dumped stocks following their coronavirus briefing. Rather than just sell, she decided to buy between $100k and $250k shares in Citrix, which is a teleworking company.
 


Much like Richard Burr, Kelly Loeffler dumped stocks following their coronavirus briefing. Rather than just sell, she decided to buy between $100k and $250k shares in Citrix, which is a teleworking company.

Fkin corrupt motherfeckers the lot of them.

Can't say I'm surprised - had a feeling all along Trump was playing his usual stock market game again by letting people know when he s going to announce what - just like the investors at his resort he informed of the pending attack on the Iranian General. I hope they are prosecuted to the full extent of the law but that's wishful thinking with Barr in place. If you really think about it the checks they are talking about sending to people are just another attempt to distract and a massive slap in the face considering there are people who are probably making hundreds of thousands to millions out of this, now or in the long run.
 


Much like Richard Burr, Kelly Loeffler dumped stocks following their coronavirus briefing. Rather than just sell, she decided to buy between $100k and $250k shares in Citrix, which is a teleworking company.


Loeffler's political career is over. The bad news is that Doug Collins will be the next Georgia senator :o
 


Much like Richard Burr, Kelly Loeffler dumped stocks following their coronavirus briefing. Rather than just sell, she decided to buy between $100k and $250k shares in Citrix, which is a teleworking company.


Fecking bastards. You would expect insider trading from dirty hedge fund managers, while these so-called elected public officials are all over it.
 
Trump. If it weren’t so damn sad, I’d probably laugh. Up until now he’s mostly been bullying people on twitter, making an ass of himself and the US, but now his actions could have grave consequences. For Americans. In America.

He didn’t really hurt anybody up until now (except women, minorities, the Kurds and probably a lot more I’ve forgotten, but you get the point). Saw an article about how about 80% of raw materials used to produce medicines in the US came from, you guessed it, China! Great timing on that trade war thing.

I used to love the US, despite everything. It’s getting much harder!
 
Interesting factoid about the Ebola virus, it wasnt really that close to Ebola river..

From Wiki

In 1976, Ebola virus (EBOV) was first identified in Yambuku, 111 kilometers (69 mi) from the Ebola River, but Peter Piot decided to name it after the river so that the town would not be associated with the disease's stigma.[3] Thus, the river is eponymous to the terms Ebola virus, Ebolavirus, and Ebola virus disease

And for info about China's Wet Markets, it was originally for the poor but it evolved as many things do, to just the rich.. Vox have a good video on it.

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What the Senator said about China wasnt wrong but the way the Republicans are banging on the drum about it, is kinda racist which will harm many chinese americans in the future.
 
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