Coronavirus 2019-2020 thread (no unsubstantiated rumours!)

[Chish]

I know it's a sweeping generalisation. But the land of OZ is not a paradise to foreigners! I know a number of English emigrants to OZ who all got stories to tell about the OZ.

The present toxic relationship between China and Australian governments has greatly magnified anti-Chinese sentiments amount the general public long before this virus crisis.

 

[AndrewS]

The present toxic relationship between China and Australian governments has greatly magnified anti-Chinese sentiments amount the general public long before this virus crisis.

True, but even before that, Asians were stigmatised.

It goes back to before the White Australia policy, and is fed from the fear of being a small isolated country which can be overwhelmed.

 

[Gatekeeper]

This is Construction efficiency at its best! Not sure if any country can match this.

 

[bajingan]

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Before the outbreak, China was moving toward a mild recovery. Despite US trade war, GDP growth amounted to 6.1 percent in 2019. Given progressive deceleration, which is normal after intensive industrialization, China was expected to grow by 5.8 to 6.2 percent in 2020. After the outbreak, three scenarios prevail. In the "SARS-like impact scenario," a sharp quarterly effect – down to or below 5 percent - would be followed by a rebound in short order. The broader impact would be relatively low and regional. The impact on annualized growth would be relatively low.

In the "accelerated impact scenario," the adverse impact would be significantly steeper in terms of growth and damage, while a rebound would follow only later. The impact on annualized growth would prove more significant. The broader impact would prove more significant and affect global prospects.

In the "disruptive impact scenario," the adverse impact is harder to assess. Whether natural or synthetic, the new strain occurred in the worst time (before the largest human migration) and the worst place (huge regional hub which was expected to record 7.8% growth in 2020).

It is not the only recent anomaly. Last fall, African swine fever (ASF), which had never before seen in China but now mysteriously appeared with the onset of the US trade war, decimated half of China's pigs, which doubled pork prices and contributed to inflation causing pricy US pork exports to double in China.

The odds for two such consequent anomalies, timing and location are exceedingly low. Yet both did occur – in almost perfect sequence.

For now, central government seeks to use maximum efforts to contain the outbreak of the novel coronavirus. Over time, it is likely to boost further national and local surveillance systems, and emergency management in megacities, while protecting China against potential external bio-threats that have destabilization potential.

Yep swine flu virus followed immidiately by this coronavirus (nothing of this sort has ever happened anywhere else in the world) right in the middle of trade war with the US, yup move along nothing to see here, its just a freak coincidence lol

 

[Gatekeeper]

Just what is wrong with these people? Panic buying in. Hong Kong.






Do these people really think they are safe?

 

[Gatekeeper]

Backlash on Denmark!





And Tsai playing politics.

 

[adiru]

Yep swine flu virus followed immidiately by this coronavirus (nothing of this sort has ever happened anywhere else in the world) right in the middle of trade war with the US, yup move along nothing to see here, its just a freak coincidence lol

Does China daily have a .cn native Chinese version of this article since Google Translate is still very far from perfect.

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In the disruptive impact scenario, the adverse impacts are harder to assess. The new strain occurred at the worst time, before the Spring Festival travel rush, and in the worst place, a huge regional transport hub, which was expected to record 7.8 percent growth in 2020.

Compounding the difficulty in assessing the economic impacts of the outbreak, coincidentally — or not, the timing of the two outbreaks has led some to suggest a sinister hand is at work — African swine fever, which appeared during the trade war with the US, decimated half of China's pigs, doubling pork prices.

For now, the central government is focused on containing the outbreak of the novel coronavirus. But over time, it is likely to further strengthen the national and local systems to monitor public health events, improve the emergency management in megacities, and make greater efforts to protect China against potential bio-threats that have destabilizing potential.

 

[localizer]

Western brain drain has gone on for too long. Did yall see Huawei CEO 20 year old daughter is going to Harvard in US and dancing with White royals in Paris? I mean like wtf

Sadly she will close her reasoning and remove safeguards when hanging out with them. Bad things will happen and she will still think ill of her own kind. No way to fix stupidity.

 

[Brumby]

Other nations will likely adopt similar restrictions as a containment measure.

U.S. declares public health emergency over coronavirus, bans travel from China by foreign nationals

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[Gatekeeper]

The lighter side of this sad saga.

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And who paid for these ads? Or is it PS?