Wuhan’s Virus and Quarantine Will Hit the Poor Hardest

Re:Wuhan’s Virus and Quarantine Will Hit the Poor Hardest by mc32 on Thursday January 23, 2020 @11:31AM (#22128873)

I fell like the article is overthinking it. If it’s contained to Wuhan it may affect the poor there more than any other group.

If it spreads beyond Wuhan it will affect the poor in Wuhan _and_ the poor in other cities.

One city’s poor vs many city’s poor. Gov. has to make a decision.

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Re:Wuhan’s Virus and Quarantine Will Hit the Poor Hardest by bakuninsbart on Thursday January 23, 2020 @01:31PM (#22130247)

I wholeheartedly agree with this, the poor and weak are always hit the hardest. Furthermore, while quite serious, people shouldn't panick.

It is important to realize how well SARS turned out in the end. Back then the chinese government kind of dragged their feet, and they were lucky that the infection rate wasn't terrible. Due to pro-active measures by multiple governments the virus was still contained really quickly and less than 10k people were infected.

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