Unfortunately, at this point, the Nobel Peace Prize will be awarded to someone like Fang Fang because of "freedom" or something like that.
Coronavirus 2019-2020 thread (no unsubstantiated rumours!)
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That happened in the past. For example, for the Spanish Flu, the Spanish government was the first one to report the pandemic while the others didn't to prevent social disorder and total collapse of morale in their armies during WW1. So, that was how that pandemic's name came about.
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Looks like the US is in big trouble here, with the rate of infection and inability to enforce social distancing at any level of government, there is basically no endgame for them...they are literally just slugging it out at this point. even a total lockdown won't save them now because so many are infected.
I actually posted on this before in a similar vein
Coronavirus 2019-2020 thread (no unsubstantiated rumours!)
People crowded the beaches in its first open hour on April 17, 2020 in Jacksonville Beach, Fl. Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry opened the beaches to residents for limited activities for the first time in weeks since closing them to the public due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak...
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I can guarantee you that this is happening to most of those stories of "Defective Chinese Masks". If 3M can be trusted to manufacture N95 in China, why can't others?
They (media and the public) blame "the Chinese" because China/Chinese people are easy targets. Funny with all these anti-racism protests, mainstream media does not blame themselves for fostering these attitudes.
What most people don't realize (because they only look at the surface level), is that the companies most hurt by them are not Western companies, but the honest Chinese companies creating high quality products. One company (Dasheng Health) is making fully NIOSH approved N95 (DTC3X), once they were endorsed by FDA, many unscrupulous vendors were ripping them off. If this happens to 3M, they have the full might of their corporate law team in America and China, the US government, and the Chinese government will assist to protect the image of Chinese manufacturing quality. A local company with no recognized brand has no such support.
This is not to say Chinese companies are not to blame. Too many inexperienced, overnight mask shops opened up making substandard masks. No doubt some of them are doing this on their own, but how many are doing this at the behest of equally unscrupulous overseas customers? Look up stories of American companies selling Q-Tips as testing swabs, plastic soda bottles sold as testing test tubes. Dishonestly is not a cultural trait!
Honestly, the biggest issue is the political virus that is accompanying Covid-19. First it was communism that spreads the virus. Now, in the currently at-risk states, people are not wearing masks or restricting activities because "something, something liberals!". Basically jumping off a bridge to show political loyalty.
(Just to note, I don't care about democrats or republicans, I am not American, just illustrating prevailing attitudes)
