They were usually pretty open when it came to viruses. SARa and whatnot the Chinese were very cooperative and let the CDC take lead on because they knew those guys had a better handle on tracking. The COVID response was entirely different
This is getting pretty close to CR but a certain Orange haired buffoon tried to ban travel from China in early January because "some very nasty stuff" going on over there. It immediately got called out as racist and would get challenged. I think a lot of the racist cries hampered anything that could actually be done because people get scared of being called racist.
Again. Where is the racist rhetoric? I'm Chinese by the way. Kung Flu? China virus? If that is the racist rhetoric you are saying that was used to drown out calls for an investigation then it's not on them.
I tend to go with lab leak theory not because of any scientific reason but because of the Chinese response. If some weird ass virus popped up they could have easily said. Hey there is something funky that just popped up. You mind throwing some scientists and some money to help us figure this shit out? Instead they went opposite and just started destroying shit.
I think part of the reason people were so mad about the lab leak theory was it got dismissed offhand right away and to even question it would be considered racist. Now there is more light being shed on what is happening and yeah there might be so I told you so stuff on it. It was just extremely frustrating that the WHO and the CDC basically said yeah, China wouldn't lie to us. We don't want to press them on the issue because we don't want to piss them off. The CDC funding to Wuhan was because they had identified it as having very lax protocols. Do I believe it was nefarious. No, I think it was just careless.
What's xenophobic about having someone take responsibility for something? There was signs something was wrong as early as Nov 2019. The Chinese wouldn't say shit. All they had to do was sound the alarm. They refused. We went into lockdown in middle of March.
That's why I'm surprised the propaganda isn't much more wide spread. Show all the dead Russian bodies and hack news and Russian websites. That's how they got us out of Vietnam.
So what I am getting confused is last year before the Russian invasion started we were told the ground turns to slog after February when everything melts. The reason they didn't invade was because the Chinese had the Olympics going. This year they don't. If this is the case why are the Russians dumb enough to do it again. I understand the anniversary thing but it doesn't make much sense to do it. So Ukrainian offensive can't start til May time frame?
I appreciate your explanation on what happened. As much as I like to hear how inept Russia is. I continue to take it with a grain of salt. The sunshine pumping is a little much for me.
Yeesh. Sorry I don't know their chain of command. I just read Commander joint chiefs. I was just saying it can't be a good thing. Oh he was the head of Donbas where most of the action is going on. So it still can't be a good thing correct? Sorry for the shitty attention to detail.
I stumbled upon the dark arts battle arena and can use killing curses there. I haven't gotten to a high enough level to use killing curses in the game.yet
Rays on King Street. Some of the best fried chicken ever. They have really good food but as user above described. Hole in the wall. The only thing I would suggest to live close to where you work if it is in a decent place. Traffic there is a nightmare.