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Re:China Sacrifices a Province to Save the World From Corona... by unityByFreedom on Thursday February 06, 2020 @04:57AM (#22254824)
The WHO is captured by China. You're not going to get any reports from doctors who have challenged the CCP narrative there.
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Re:China Sacrifices a Province to Save the World From Corona... by me_me_me on Thursday February 06, 2020 @05:22AM (#22254925)
When I read who's statements like: do not close boarders to china because it will hurt business, I do start to wonder.
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Re:China Sacrifices a Province to Save the World From Corona... by unityByFreedom on Thursday February 06, 2020 @09:12AM (#22256028)
Yes, the WHO says quarantining within China is fine but canceling flights to other countries is unnecessarily punitive. It's absurd.

If China wants countries to open their doors again then they need to let the rest of the world's doctors in to help research the nature of this virus.

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Re:China Sacrifices a Province to Save the World From Corona... by blaser-waffle on Thursday February 06, 2020 @09:07AM (#22255998)
When did they give a statement like that? Show me
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Re:China Sacrifices a Province to Save the World From Corona... by unityByFreedom on Thursday February 06, 2020 @09:17AM (#22256073)
> No travel ban: Tedros, as he is called, said the WHO does not recommend limiting either trade or travel to China at this time. “In fact, we oppose it,” he said. The health organization said it would question border closures, quarantining of airplane passengers who aren’t ill, and similar steps.

https://www.technologyreview.com/f/615123/the-china-coronavi...

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Re:China Sacrifices a Province to Save the World From Corona... by Bendingo on Friday February 07, 2020 @12:58AM (#22263571)
Wow. That's quite an imaginative claim. Got anything to support it?
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Re:China Sacrifices a Province to Save the World From Corona... by unityByFreedom on Friday February 07, 2020 @01:06AM (#22263616)
It doesn't take much imagination. The head of the WHO does not recommend banning travel to/from China and constantly praises China's actions regarding this virus. Meanwhile, China arrested the very doctors who attempted to alert the public about the virus, and is effectively using quarantine within its own borders to stop its spread. So it makes no sense for the WHO to complain, on behalf of China, about travel bans, when China is implementing a massive travel ban on itself internally.
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Re:China Sacrifices a Province to Save the World From Corona... by zhongjiewu on Friday February 07, 2020 @07:14AM (#22265242)
Correction: not arrest. They were summoned and given written warnings. China is quarantine one Province. Travel between other provinces are still not affected. International travel bans is basically as strict as traveling out of Hubei province, stricter than average travel restrictions in China.
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Re:China Sacrifices a Province to Save the World From Corona... by unityByFreedom on Friday February 07, 2020 @08:43AM (#22265834)
That's an arrest. Arrest does not mean you go to jail. You're taken in for questioning for up to 24-48 hours at which point you must be further charged or released.

> International travel bans is basically as strict as traveling out of Hubei province, stricter than average travel restrictions in China.

The Chinese government censured doctors who sounded the alarm, and you want other countries to follow their advice? I'd say exercising more caution than China advises is appropriate given how little we know about this disease.

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