Coronavirus 2019-2020 thread (no unsubstantiated rumours!)
- Thread starter localizer
- Start date
plawolf
Lieutenant General
Sometimes you hear news that really makes your believe in karma.
Radio 4 today programme this morning is focusing on covid and vaccine hesitancy, the presenter Justin Webb, mega China-hater btw, was speaking with a health official on vaccine hesitancy and decided to randomly and jarringly drag the conversation towards vaccine hesitancy in the Chinese community. Throwing in baiting questions like where is the disinformation coming from and who is responsible. When the guest didn’t take the bait and blame the Chinese government, Webb had to double down and specifically ask if it was the Chinese government, to which the guest simply said ‘there are many sources’.
The truth is that in the overseas Chinese community, those who get their news from Chinese state sources are some of the most pro-vaccine people around. OTOH, it’s overwhelmingly the pro-Trump MAGA-cockroaches who get their news from American right wing extremist sites who believe all the anti-vax conspiracy theories. The guest probably knew this, which is why he was desperately trying to not answer the question.
And with covid ripping through the UK like wildfire, the MAGAroaches are really going all out to win Darwin awards.
Radio 4 today programme this morning is focusing on covid and vaccine hesitancy, the presenter Justin Webb, mega China-hater btw, was speaking with a health official on vaccine hesitancy and decided to randomly and jarringly drag the conversation towards vaccine hesitancy in the Chinese community. Throwing in baiting questions like where is the disinformation coming from and who is responsible. When the guest didn’t take the bait and blame the Chinese government, Webb had to double down and specifically ask if it was the Chinese government, to which the guest simply said ‘there are many sources’.
The truth is that in the overseas Chinese community, those who get their news from Chinese state sources are some of the most pro-vaccine people around. OTOH, it’s overwhelmingly the pro-Trump MAGA-cockroaches who get their news from American right wing extremist sites who believe all the anti-vax conspiracy theories. The guest probably knew this, which is why he was desperately trying to not answer the question.
And with covid ripping through the UK like wildfire, the MAGAroaches are really going all out to win Darwin awards.
Interesting to note the vaccination rate in hk based on scmp data, is not that high at all. The double vaccinated Singapore and Australia population especially nsw is much higher.
I suspect wats keeping omicron variant from ripping through hk population and causing surge in cases like wat we are seeing in UK is the tough quarantine laws in place. The same protective laws that expats have been complaining non stop at scmp comments section.
Also interesting to see if the breakdown of those taking sinovac and those taking Pfizer correlate with political views and patriotic feelings of individual
I suspect wats keeping omicron variant from ripping through hk population and causing surge in cases like wat we are seeing in UK is the tough quarantine laws in place. The same protective laws that expats have been complaining non stop at scmp comments section.
Also interesting to see if the breakdown of those taking sinovac and those taking Pfizer correlate with political views and patriotic feelings of individual
Engineer
Major
No it wouldn't. The Democrats were readied to refuse any vaccines released during Trump's presidential term.
It is not just a case of "nothing America can do", but also a case of "nothing America wants to do".
The pandemic is no difference from gun violence, opioid crisis, police racism, etc. etc.
Covid death has become accepted as a way of life just like mass/school shootings.
Canada can achieve 85% vaccination, so it is not some far-flung goal that requires something far-reaching like China Covid-Zero strategy.
They aren't hiding if they sincerely do not care.
According to lab study where they used human tissue, they find omicron replicates 70 times faster in the upper respiratory tract and more than 10 times slower in the lower respiratory tract. This may be due to genes it acquired from 229E which is not found in any other covid-19 variant. Also, the fact that Omi is apparently a cross between an early covid-19 variant and 229E could very well explain it is nearly as transmissible as its 229E daddy.
