Chinese virus
spanish flu
Ebola
MERS
Interesting in that most if not all came from animals
in most cases named after locations from which they
first originated from.
not directed at the poster of this...
but there is some thoughts that spanish flu originated in China
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news ... ce-health/it is from 2014- so way before this 2020 outbreak
so not retaliatory thinking on this
but an interesting article
as to the US starting to use the term Chinese Virus
this seems more a product of several things:
- china trying to change the narrative and say that the US is responsible for starting the outbreak in China
- increased tensions between the US and China- trade issues, blocking the takeover of the international copyright division of the UN, journalism, blocking investigation at the site of the outbreak
- increased military tension -- china has been ramping up operations in the south china sea and around taiwan.. and china has just purchased a huge amount of new body armor for its troops, and the general rhetoric coming out of china recently is much less friendly
i recently read an article that the science now indicates that the new corona virus is naturally occurring
https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-m ... -confirms/and scary to think that more of these similar mutations might occur naturally as well
(not to mention whatever gets defrosted as the ice in the polar regions continues to melt...)
as to the situation in Taiwan
our CDC - is doing a very good job
https://english.cw.com.tw/article/artic ... on?id=2664almost all business is operating as normal
except those hit by things like the lack of tourists, etc..
right now there is only 2 schools that had to close down so far
a university in the south and a high school in the north
but i think sometime soon - if it gets worse - there might be closure of schools
i can say that i feel confident that the cdc has a good plan
as it seems they have made plans for whatever way this thing turns and are prepared
i can say i am not happy about the increased chinese military operations
and the disinformation campaigns that they have used to try to inject social unrest here
and currently i am watching the increased tensions between the US and China
and not likely the direction it is going in
Franklin
Franklin