Corona Virus Article of the Day

[Art]

Since I don't have a lot to do right now except read stuff I thought I'd post an article each day that I like on the crisis.

Here's #1

https://thecritic.co.uk/the-coronavirus-cover-up/

replies are of course appreciated.

[dogtag]

No matter the problem, there has to be a villain.
There are always villains to blame, warranted or not.

[RED]

Since I don't have a lot to do right now except read stuff I thought I'd post an article each day that I like on the crisis.

Here's #1

https://thecritic.co.uk/the-coronavirus-cover-up/


replies are of course appreciated.

Thanks Art.

[Vern Humphrey]

No matter the problem, there has to be a villain.
There are always villains to blame, warranted or not.

And the villain is always Trump.

Or Big Oil. Or Big Pharma, or Billionaires,

[Roadkingtrax]

And the villain is always Trump.

Or Big Oil. Or Big Pharma, or Billionaires,

Not the companies that benefit from cheap labor in China and India, Vern. That's so preposterous.

Let the record show, you brought up the T word first. He's not at all to blame. But he owns his words and actions during the response.

Stay on subject, and stop derailing it to your favorite topic please.

[barretcreek]

Thank you, Art. Keep 'em coming.

[togor]

China is a great power, and hesitation to call it out for bad practices in the early stages of the outbreak can be motivated by a recognition of that power as opposed to just automatically being some wobbly-kneed liberal avoidance of straight talk. IMO we're better off fighting this one with Chinese help than picking a fight to cover missteps made in the west.

So a couple of take-aways from the article for going forward:

1) if a one party state is part of the root of the problem, then people in the west should more energetically support multi-party systems in their own countries so that the parties can limit each other's overreach.

2. Going forward, we have no excuse for not having a massively upgraded pandemic defense, if our standing assumption should be that the next virus will get a running start out of Asia like the last two.

[RED]

Not the companies that benefit from cheap labor in China and India, Vern. That's so preposterous.

Let the record show, you brought up the T word first. He's not at all to blame. But he owns his words and actions during the response.

Stay on subject, and stop derailing it to your favorite topic please.

Ok, you are a idiot. I just invented a object that will allow any gasoline powered vehicle to get 100 miles per liter of gas. The device can be built in America, but abiding by restrictions that are issued by rhe EPA and they would cost thousands of $$$$$ to produse.

China can produce the same product for $13.86....If you were the inventor, would you choose the Chinese producer, or choose to go broke?

[Roadkingtrax]

Ok, you are a idiot. I just invented a object that will allow any gasoline powered vehicle to get 100 miles per liter of gas. The device can be built in America, but abiding by restrictions that are issued by rhe EPA and they would cost thousands of $$$$$ to produse.

China can produce the same product for $13.86....If you were the inventor, would you choose the Chinese producer, or choose to go broke?

Did I say anything with respect to where the products were made, bad or good? No...I did not.

Is your penis pump made in China because it's cheaper to produce, or is it because it has a smaller size to accommodate Red the buyer? Either way, we don't care.

Keep it up, and you'll get another infraction...FWIW

[togor]

Let's give the OP a chance to play out, please.

[lyman]

And the villain is always Trump.

Or Big Oil. Or Big Pharma, or Billionaires,

did you read the link?


interesting story,

not a mention of Trump

you channeling togor or just calling for him?

[RED]

Did I say anything with respect to where the products were made, bad or good? No...I did not.

Is your penis pump made in China because it's cheaper to produce, or is it because it has a smaller size to accommodate Red the buyer? Either way, we don't care.

Keep it up, and you'll get another infraction...FWIW

Yes you did...

Is your penis pump made in China

I have 13 infractions... And you have posted 130 outright lies .

[lyman]

Yes you did... the companies that benefit from cheap labor in China and India,

yup

[m1ashooter]

China is a great power, and hesitation to call it out for bad practices in the early stages of the outbreak can be motivated by a recognition of that power as opposed to just automatically being some wobbly-kneed liberal avoidance of straight talk. IMO we're better off fighting this one with Chinese help than picking a fight to cover missteps made in the west.

So a couple of take-aways from the article for going forward:

1) if a one party state is part of the root of the problem, then people in the west should more energetically support multi-party systems in their own countries so that the parties can limit each other's overreach.

2. Going forward, we have no excuse for not having a massively upgraded pandemic defense, if our standing assumption should be that the next virus will get a running start out of Asia like the last two.

I agree.

[Vern Humphrey]

did you read the link?


interesting story,

not a mention of Trump

you channeling togor or just calling for him?

No, just repeating a generalization.