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re: China just cancelled all flights and trains in/out of Wuhan
Posted on 1/22/20 at 3:24 pm to UnitedFruitCompany
Posted on 1/22/20 at 3:24 pm to UnitedFruitCompany
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so, im starting to read that some of this is based on the local population eating things they shouldnt be eating, like rats and wild wolves. Is that a China gonna China thing or is it a the government is broke so they cant police these things like they usually do kinda thing?
The government is broke because China is out of pork. Pork is the staple source of protein in most of China. They produce a lot of it, but also rely some on imports, especially for soybeans. A massive disease outbreak killed off half their hogs and the trade war with the U.S. cut them off from imports. The price of food more than doubled in the cities. What forced China to the negotiating table is that people in the provinces are starving because the country is running out of meat.
If I had to guess, what is happening in Wuhan is due to eating infected animals or resorting to unclean animals due to the shortages. The bad meat is making people very sick.
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Posted on 1/22/20 at 3:27 pm to kingbob
I had this thought as well. Food shortages would happen pretty quickly in a place with 11 million hungry mouths. also makes you wonder what is actually going to happen when the quarantine starts really getting enforced.
Posted on 1/22/20 at 6:55 pm to kingbob
I think the Chinese, eat this stuff on the regular anyway. Always have. They think meat from certain animals have medicinal properties.
I know they have a pork shortage, but would this cause them to increase their consumption of exotic meat? That kind of thing is usually very expensive.
I know they have a pork shortage, but would this cause them to increase their consumption of exotic meat? That kind of thing is usually very expensive.
Posted on 1/22/20 at 8:56 pm to kingbob
quote:So basically this whole thing is Trump's fault
The government is broke because China is out of pork. Pork is the staple source of protein in most of China. They produce a lot of it, but also rely some on imports, especially for soybeans. A massive disease outbreak killed off half their hogs and the trade war with the U.S. cut them off from imports. The price of food more than doubled in the cities. What forced China to the negotiating table is that people in the provinces are starving because the country is running out of meat.
If I had to guess, what is happening in Wuhan is due to eating infected animals or resorting to unclean animals due to the shortages. The bad meat is making people very sick.
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