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China coronavirus spread is accelerating, Xi Jinping warns.

Discussion in 'News from the UK, Europe and the rest of the World' started by aposhark, Jan 25, 2020.

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  1. Mattecube
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    Mattecube face the sunshine so shadows fall behind you Trusted Member

    Yes I noticed CNN were not busting a gut to support the report.
    Mattecube, Apr 17, 2020
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  2. oss
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    And regards that particular idiom 'no smoke without fire', one it's factually wrong you can have smoke without fire, and two it's dangerous to rely on assumptions like that in any walk of life it leaves you open to the rumour mill, ask the many people falsely accused who even after being proven innocent face stigma and innuendo for the rest of their lives because people use that idiom to support non critical thinking.
    oss, Apr 17, 2020
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  3. Mattecube
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    That's me told! But it's the fire you have to live with not the smoke but let's leave that one there.
    Mattecube, Apr 17, 2020
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  4. oss
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    Yesterday the Philippines introduced further restrictions on my kids and family, as of yesterday they can only leave the house on Tuesday and Friday from 10am to 2pm and 5pm to 8pm, seniors are now no longer allowed out at all so had I been there that would have included me (over 60), they have some kind of colour coding which defines which rules apply to whom.

    This has been brought in 13 days before the end of the current lockdown extension to the 30th of April, to me that indicates that they have reason to be expecting a further extension to the lockdown as introduction of a measure like this at this late stage will not have a measurable effect in that timespan.

    I've tried to prepare my son in advance several times now, I told him to expect the schools to be shut back in February and I also told him to expect to be in lockdown and that it would most likely be extended, it is draconian but to be honest if it keeps Nanay alive it will be worth it.

    I don't think the Philippines has any grip on the situation at all at this point in time but that is just my opinion, I suspect they might only be going by general death reports they certainly don't appear to have any real testing capacity.
    oss, Apr 17, 2020
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    We have had those restrictions for about 2 weeks here in Dumaguete, I've been stuck in the house for 6 weeks. 4 weeks was for Dengue though. We have colour codings pass, they keep changing it, as we live outside of the City wife can only go into the city once a week and go through checkpoints at the City boundaries.
    Jim, Apr 18, 2020
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    Druk1, Apr 18, 2020
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    Meanwhile in Dabaw 29 people have been jailed for 8 days and fined 3000 peso for breaking the lock-down,in Paranaque those lock-down law-breakers have been made to sit out under the heat of the mid-day sun on chairs :cool: as punishment.
    Druk1, Apr 19, 2020
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  8. Mattecube
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    Not in my front room

    Mattecube, Apr 19, 2020
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  9. oss
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    Oh god, I've defended the right of other cultures to indulge in this kind of thing but that does not mean I don't personally find it utterly horrific and disgusting.

    Those creatures are reacting to the alcohol, that would be my guess, it looks like poison to them, the ones that got sprayed reacted violently.
    oss, Apr 19, 2020
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  10. Druk1
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    Those giant centipedes are horrible creatures,some really big ones in the jungles in borneo.I saw footage of a Chinese guy the other day boiling a rat alive in his rice cooker,it was frantically trying to escape but he kept pushing it in with chopsticks till he got the lid on,nearly put me off my dinner :)
    Druk1, Apr 19, 2020
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    'Nearly' :lol:
    oss, Apr 19, 2020
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  12. Druk1
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    Have to be honest,if dinner was rice-cooker'ed rat I would have probably still eaten it :oops:
    Druk1, Apr 19, 2020
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  13. Heathen
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    Arghhhhhhhh :sick:
    Heathen, Apr 20, 2020
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  14. aposhark
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    The mid-western state of Missouri files a civil lawsuit in a US court, accusing China of deception.

    "The Chinese government lied to the world and silenced whistleblowers," the lawsuit says:

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-52377357
    aposhark, Apr 22, 2020
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    aposhark, Apr 24, 2020
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    aposhark, Apr 24, 2020
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  17. Jim
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    Jim, Apr 24, 2020
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    Mattecube, Apr 24, 2020
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    one world, Apr 24, 2020
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  20. Anon220806
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    Perfectly okay. I normally have a shot of Domestos in my coffee each morning and a sprinkling of caustic soda crystals on my cornflakes. It certainly kills of any virus attack. :lol:
    Anon220806, Apr 24, 2020
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