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Re:Shelter in place for Bay Area counties by arcticbull on Monday March 16, 2020 @11:04PM (#22601195)
The WHO agreed with China's assessment, and if you don't believe them, Tim Cook re-opened all Apple stores in China because the situation is effectively under control now -- and shut them everywhere else in the world.

No matter how you feel about China, you can believe Tim.

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Re:Shelter in place for Bay Area counties by big_chungus on Tuesday March 17, 2020 @09:36AM (#22604730)
It's also possible that the communists pressured Cook to re-open to send that message. It wouldn't be the first time Apple has caved to the CCP.

To answer your earlier comment, even if the cases dropped, are you arguing that we implement authoritarianism just because it's more convenient in this case? Classic "trains run on time" argument. Of course it offers some benefits, but the losses are far greater.

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Re:Shelter in place for Bay Area counties by arcticbull on Tuesday March 17, 2020 @10:37PM (#22613046)
You think Tim Cook bowed to China and closed every Apple store in the entire world except in China? That hardly seems likely.

> To answer your earlier comment, even if the cases dropped, are you arguing that we implement authoritarianism just because it's more convenient in this case? Classic "trains run on time" argument. Of course it offers some benefits, but the losses are far greater.

Not making an argument one way or the other just stating some facts. People can make up their own minds.

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