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March 24, 2020

Chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine: what to know about the potential coronavirus drugs

Source: cnn

New York moved to begin trials Tuesday, procuring 70,000 doses of hydroxychloroquine and 750,000 doses of chloroquine, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said. In addition Bayer, the drug maker, has donated 3 million doses of Resochin, its brand name for chloroquine, to the federal government.
Perhaps demonstrating why health officials are urging caution -- saying chloroquine requires further clinical study and might not be the panacea it's billed to be -- officials in Nigeria's Lagos state have reported three overdoses in the days since the drug entered the conversation surrounding the pandemic.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/23/health/chloroquine-hydroxycholoroquine-drugs-explained/index.html



officials in Nigeria's Lagos state have reported three overdoses in the days since the drug entered the conversation surrounding the pandemic.

people, don't try to medicate yourself, get your advice from trained medical professionals
March 23, 2020

Sex crime chat room ignites public fury in South Korea

Source: Yonhap News Agency

SEOUL, March 23 (Yonhap) -- More than 2 million people have signed an online petition as of Monday demanding the government unveil the identity of a man who allegedly ran a group chat room where photos and videos of violent sex acts, involving underaged victims, were distributed.

At least 74 victims are known to have been exploited in the so-called Nth room case, in which a man surnamed Cho allegedly lured victims into taking naked photos and later threatened and exploited them into more gruesome sex acts.

Cho, who used the nickname "baksa," which means "doctor" or "guru" in Korean, is accused of distributing the videos in a group chat room on the messaging service Telegram, where at least 10,000 users are suspected of paying Cho to watch the videos.

Police have so far tracked down 124 people in relation to the case, including Cho and 17 others who have been formally detained. The user who is suspected of first creating the chat room, however, still remains at large.

Read more: https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20200323002900315



sickening....
March 22, 2020

Andrew Cuomo is a shining example

what a real leader is like, look at his press conference daily compare to our overlord

He should be nominated for president in 8 years

March 21, 2020

Wuhan Residents Take 'Zero Cases' Claim With Pinch of Salt

Source: Radio Free Asia

Wuhan resident Zhang Ruyi said public trust in the government is at a low ebb, because of attempts by local health officials to cover up the emergence of the new pathogen in December, partly by suppressing information and partly by classifying the surge of new cases as "pneumonia."

"It's funny, that," Zhang said, adding that he is highly skeptical of the claim. "They're not just lying now; they've been lying since the start, by classifying [COVID-19] cases under other diseases."

"There are 60 million people in Hubei, and they have all just been left to live or die without any help," he said. "It's basically down to a person's immune system."

"They are saying that only a few thousand died here in Wuhan, but does that sound right?"

Social media reports posted by volunteers showed that more than 20 patients were admitted to Wuhan Tongji Hospital on Wednesday alone with symptoms resembling COVID-19.

"There were more than 20 cases at Tongji today," one volunteer posted. "Wuhan hasn't dared to report them, because [local officials] are under [political] pressure."

Read more: https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/wuhan-claim-03202020153401.html



they are now getting hit with second waves of infection from people returning.

one chinese woman from MASS suspected of having the virus, took meds to lower her temp and sneak on to air china plane and endangering the entire plane and was promptly arrested in Beijing. but we can save that for another thread
March 20, 2020

Taiwan Says It Warned WHO About Coronavirus In December, But Its Warnings Were Ignored

Source: ABC News

Taiwan is blaming the World Health Organization’s relationship with China for its failure to act on early warnings of human-to-human transmission of coronavirus.

Taiwanese health officials alerted WHO of the infectivity of coronavirus in late December 2019, but the organization failed to report the claims to other countries, according to a Financial Times report.

Read more: https://abc14news.com/2020/03/20/taiwan-says-it-warned-who-about-coronavirus-in-december-but-its-warnings-were-ignored/



This is true, there ARE videos on youtube from various asian networks reporting this, except the Chinese ones.

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I'm a progressive american, was born in Taiwan. But have been in the states longer than my native country. I'm fluent in English, Chinese, and knows a little of Japanese. Good enough to translate Manga.
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