Re:California governor issues statewide 'stay at home' order
by robocat on Friday March 20, 2020 @12:44AM
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> [China] just has a different take when it comes to individual rights.
Yet next door mostly democratic Taiwan started acting on 31st December, and no one’s talking about them because they have prepared well and avoided an outbreak. Most other countries haven’t done so well...
Re:California governor issues statewide 'stay at home' order
by jobigoud on Friday March 20, 2020 @04:02AM
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The other reason no one is talking about them is that the WHO continues to list Taiwan as a province of China...
Re:California governor issues statewide 'stay at home' order
by war1025 on Friday March 20, 2020 @12:25AM
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Since the "welded doors shut" thing borders on fear mongering, I feel the need to clarify.
Everything I have read states they closed off certain doors to ensure that you couldn't get in / out of the building without getting a health screen.
Re:California governor issues statewide 'stay at home' order
by duckymcduckface on Friday March 20, 2020 @03:30AM
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There were wide scale reports of authorities using chains and locks to seal individual dwellings on apartment buildings by chaining the metal gates closed. If you look at pictures from the field hospitals that they built you'll also note that there were metal grills on the windows as well. Although given what we are seeing here with people refusing to isolate and going out I don't necessarily blame them.
They literally welded doors shut on apartment buildings. They are not superhuman. They just have a different take when it comes to individual rights.
There is no reason to assume the growth rate will taper off in country x like it did in China if country x does not take similar, or equivalent measures.