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Hekate

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12. Defensive much? Why? Check out the Los Angeles Times today, op-ed about hysteria...

Reply to Blues Heron (Reply #1)

Mon Feb 3, 2020, 10:50 PM

Feb 2020

The Coronavirus Hysteria, Katherine A. Mason. The hysteria she is referring to is China's, replicating their reaction to SARS, which she wrote about in "Infectious Change: Reinventing Chinese Public Health After an Epidemic."

Then and now, WHO and the rest of the world endorsed their (over)reaction, thus reinforcing it. But it is China itself that started it.

Recommended article, page A-11, February 3, 2020. There's your "link," with which I am sure you can find the article.

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As New Coronavirus Spread, China's Old Habits Delayed Fight [View all] at140 Feb 2020 OP

Time for the two-minute hate on China I guess Blues Heron Feb 2020 #1

You missed the point. Chinese gvt mismanagement of this is uppityperson Feb 2020 #3

they shut down major cities Blues Heron Feb 2020 #4

China was LATE to take action at140 Feb 2020 #6

A week before the first cases started showing up, Blue_true Feb 2020 #8

Got a link for that? Blues Heron Feb 2020 #9

Sorry, they were not arrested. Called in and detained for a few hours. Blue_true Feb 2020 #11

Defensive much? Why? Check out the Los Angeles Times today, op-ed about hysteria... Hekate Feb 2020 #12

Seeing a lot of ignorant China bashing on here Blues Heron Feb 2020 #14

I disposed of that one by pointing out that measles is itself "airborne" by its very nature... Hekate Feb 2020 #18

Some people are freaking out at how fast the #s went up uppityperson Feb 2020 #2

The situation seems to have been mismanaged, people Blue_true Feb 2020 #10

Dictatorship has its downsides dalton99a Feb 2020 #5

WOW..your info says volumes about the dictatorship ruling China at140 Feb 2020 #7

Yep, that sounds like China, and it's not "hate" to be truthfully informed about authoritarian ... Hekate Feb 2020 #13

What's the source of this - you wrote this or copied it from somewhere? Blues Heron Feb 2020 #15

From the link in the OP dalton99a Feb 2020 #16

OK thanks Blues Heron Feb 2020 #17