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New York Times - Feb 5, 2020 - "Who Says It’s Not Safe to Travel to China?"
Posted on 4/1/20 at 1:18 pm
Posted on 4/1/20 at 1:18 pm
quote:LINK
Sadly, one doesn’t have to look far for evidence of these top-down decisions morphing into outright racism within the general population, a trend that has a long history in the narrative of outbreaks such as this one.
Numerous experts have said that the majority of people who contract coronavirus will experience it as a respiratory infection they will fully recover from. But the extreme reactions — the canceling of flights, closing of borders and level-four travel warnings — seem more appropriate for something much worse.
One poster said that NYC defied the no-flights-from-China order from Trump. Anyone have a link to NYC's airports defying Trump's order?
This post was edited on 4/1/20 at 1:47 pm
Posted on 4/1/20 at 1:20 pm to Buckeye Jeaux
But, liberals are awesome at letting us know what Trump did wrong in hindsight.
Posted on 4/1/20 at 1:21 pm to Buckeye Jeaux
Save that NYT article somewhere before it is absolutely erased from all internet servers.
Posted on 4/1/20 at 1:27 pm to Buckeye Jeaux
The media is never held accountable for the damage they cause.
Posted on 4/1/20 at 1:32 pm to Buckeye Jeaux
She’s blithely pretending she never wrote any such thing. And singing the praises of nationalized healthcare and socialism.
Posted on 4/1/20 at 1:32 pm to Buckeye Jeaux
Doesn't matter.
Progressives are perfect and saw this coming, but decided calling Trump a racist was a better option.
Again, they didn't want this solved. They wanted chaos.
Progressives are perfect and saw this coming, but decided calling Trump a racist was a better option.
Again, they didn't want this solved. They wanted chaos.
Posted on 4/1/20 at 1:33 pm to Buckeye Jeaux
I assume Schiff will be hauling all of the folks below in for questioning, right?
LINK
quote:
The Coronavirus, De Blasio said February 14th, "should not stop you from going about your life, should not stop you from going to Chinatown and going out to eat. I’m going to do that today myself.”
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi likewise urged Americans to patronize restaurants, specifically in Chinatown. While touring Chinatown businesses on February 28th, Pelosi said: "It’s exciting to be here, especially at this time, to be able to be unified with our community. We want to be vigilant about what might be on a — what is out there in other places. We want to be careful about how we deal with it, but we do want to say to people, come to Chinatown. Here we are. We’re, again, careful, safe and come join us.”
In New Orleans, as the city geared up for Mardi Gras despite pleas from health officials to cancel the annual week-long party, the city’s EMS confidently reassured those planning to attend: “There is no concern at this time for coronavirus in our region … the risk for us is very low.”
quote:
New York City’s health commissioner, Oxiris Barbot, ostensibly responsible for advising New Yorkers on best health practices, largely spent the last two months encouraging Gothamites to defy popular guidance for avoiding crowds as well as people recently back from China.
Barbot said that riding public transit and going out into public — including attending the Chinese Lunar New Year parade in Chinatown, were not just responsible behaviors, but would additionally help defeat anti-Asian prejudices.
“We are encouraging New Yorkers to go about their everyday lives and suggest practicing everyday precautions that we do through the flu season,” Barbot said on January 26th. She even added that those “who had recently traveled from Wuhan were not being urged to self-quarantine or avoid large public gatherings.”
On February 2nd, she urged the same lack of caution: “The risk to New Yorkers for Coronavirus is low, and our preparedness as a city is very high. There is no reason not to take the subway, not to take the bus, not to go out to your favorite restaurant, and certainly not to miss the parade next Sunday.”
”I’m going to be there,” she added for extra reassurance.
The same day, New York State Senator John Liu likewise urged New Yorkers to avoid “social distancing.”
“There is no need to panic and to avoid activities that we always do as New Yorkers,” Liu said at a press conference. “We are hardy people.
quote:
n March 2nd, De Blasio said during a Coronavirus press conference that there was no reason to take any precautions behind basic hygiene: “In fact, the facts are reassuring, all New Yorkers should really pay attention to this. We have a lot of information now. Information is actually showing us things that should give us more reason to stay calm and go about our lives.”
By March 10th, De Blasio was still urging New Yorkers to congregate in mass gatherings.
“For the vast majority of New Yorkers, life is going on pretty normally right now; we want to encourage that,” De Blasio told MSBNBC. “We have to look out for people here, especially those who are over 50 years old and have pre-existing conditions, like lung disease, heart disease, cancer, diabetes. These are the folks we really, really need to be careful for. But if you’re under 50 and you’re healthy, which is most New Yorkers, there’s very little threat here. This disease, even if you were to get it, basically acts like a common cold or flu. And transmission is not that easy. I think there has been a misperception that Coronavirus hangs in the air, waiting to catch you. No. It takes direct person-to-person contact, direct transmission of fluids.”
LINK
Posted on 4/1/20 at 1:33 pm to Buckeye Jeaux
Why didnt you post a link? Archive it at least.
Posted on 4/1/20 at 1:34 pm to EZE Tiger Fan
Juicey fairy’s people are just awful.
Posted on 4/1/20 at 1:40 pm to tiggerthetooth
quote:Usual reason. Brain fart
Why didnt you post a link?
LINK
This post was edited on 4/1/20 at 1:48 pm
Posted on 4/1/20 at 1:44 pm to the808bass
quote:Who is she and where are you seeing that? I'd love to seen any smackdown of her in comments sections.
She’s blithely pretending she never wrote any such thing.
Posted on 4/1/20 at 1:48 pm to Buckeye Jeaux
Trump talked about it in one of his press briefings. We talked about it the thread. I’ll try to find it.
NY was apparently allowing people from China in on flights from Canada and some direct flights due to some kind loophole I believe.
https://www.tigerdroppings.com/rant/display.aspx?sp=89228668&s=2&p=89226363#89228668
NY was apparently allowing people from China in on flights from Canada and some direct flights due to some kind loophole I believe.
https://www.tigerdroppings.com/rant/display.aspx?sp=89228668&s=2&p=89226363#89228668
This post was edited on 4/1/20 at 1:52 pm
Posted on 4/1/20 at 2:15 pm to loogaroo
thanks - the china/canada/usa dodge makes sense.
probably why Trump shut the border with canada recently
probably why Trump shut the border with canada recently
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