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| I'm from Wuhan. I got covid-19 ‐ after traveling to Florida. |
| 2020-07-16 |
| [WaPo] |
| Posted by:g(r)omgoru |
| #14 Anything to please a lady. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2020-07-16 16:45 |
| #13 Please stop. I have been avoiding Rantburg most of the day because I can’t handle it when people I love seriously lash out at each other. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2020-07-16 16:43 |
| #12 Wasn't Von Neuman on Hogan's Heroes once? |
| Posted by: DooDahMan 2020-07-16 16:25 |
| #11 Soo...people who advocate mandatory masks and severe quarantine lockdowns are Chinese agents? |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2020-07-16 16:02 |
| #10 You fail Von Neuman's test. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2020-07-16 15:29 |
| #9 And we're the ignorant fools who don't "disappear" doctors, patients, scientists who say too much publicly like the CCP reaction you admire, right? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2020-07-16 15:18 |
| #8 So wearing a mask is "boot in the face", FG? As with the woman in Beijing, my first reaction to my positive test result was to feel distraught and embarrassed. China’s coronavirus response has fueled social stigma and made some covid-19 patients feel like outcasts who have endangered themselves and society. ... But soon I realized that I didn’t have to worry about that. No one enforced any quarantine, though I kept myself indoors for the period that doctors said I could be contagious. Contact tracers in Washington checked on how I felt every week but did not probe into where I went or whom I met. I alerted everyone I had contact with but had the choice to keep it private. My doctor reassured me that I would not be contagious eight days after my first symptoms and that additional tests were not necessary. I repeat. She was trying to be nice. To tell you, how much she appreciates the difference. And what did she get from people here at 'burg: WaPo is the enemy! |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2020-07-16 15:03 |
| #7 You like the China Response of boot to the face? In June, as months of lockdown fatigue crept in, my husband wanted to celebrate his father’s 70th birthday in Marco Island, Florida. Although the thought of traveling on an airplane was stressful, I let down my guard after seeing the curve flatten and multiple states reopen. In Marco Island, my in-laws, my husband and I were a paranoid foursome who stuck out in every crowd. When we ventured out to a popular ice cream shop, we were horrified that none of the customers waiting in line or the staff serving the scoops were wearing masks. Shortly after we flew back to D.C., my husband and I came down with the virus. When I told my family in Wuhan, they were in disbelief. In six months, it feels like China and the United States have swapped places: Wuhan, where it all started, has reported zero cases and found just 300 asymptomatic carriers since late May, while some U.S. states are seeing thousands of new cases daily. On Sunday, Florida set a single-day record in the United States, with more than 15,000 cases. My mother is baffled by the U.S. pandemic response: “Americans just won’t listen,” she would tell me with frustration. She is used to seeing Chinese authorities aggressively stomp out every flare-up of the virus. In mid-May, Wuhan swabbed 9 million residents in a “10-day battle” in response to a handful of new cases. Recently, a video that went viral on Chinese social media showed a woman crying hysterically after receiving her positive test result in a Beijing shopping mall. In six days, contact tracers in Beijing identified and quarantined all 292 people who had close contact with her for further testing. Even as the number of U.S. coronavirus cases passes 3 million, President Trump has repeatedly played down covid-19’s toll on the country. As with the woman in Beijing, my first reaction to my positive test result was to feel distraught and embarrassed. China’s coronavirus response has fueled social stigma and made some covid-19 patients feel like outcasts who have endangered themselves and society. In some cities, authorities have offered rewards for self-reporting or reporting others who might be infected. Those who test positive must undergo multiple rounds of testing and remain in strict quarantine under medical monitoring for weeks. But soon I realized that I didn’t have to worry about that. No one enforced any quarantine, though I kept myself indoors for the period that doctors said I could be contagious. Contact tracers in Washington checked on how I felt every week but did not probe into where I went or whom I met. I alerted everyone I had contact with but had the choice to keep it private. My doctor reassured me that I would not be contagious eight days after my first symptoms and that additional tests were not necessary. |
| Posted by: Frank G 2020-07-16 14:37 |
| #6 Shame on you. The lady is trying to be nice, helpful - as she thinks Americans should be. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2020-07-16 14:22 |
| #5 Or, "google" the title. (how did that become a verb?) |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2020-07-16 14:14 |
| #4 Bezos owns the WaPoo. Dive in that connection to the ChiComs and you'll find a myriad of financial interests with the Middle Kingdom by the owner of Amaz0n. Kind of like the entertainment industry's ownership of a lot of the major media, gotta to protect that cash flow. |
| Posted by: Mullah Richard 2020-07-16 13:38 |
| #3 Bobby,if your browser has some kind of Reader Mode, you may be able to get around the subscription thing. In any case, as noted in #1, the tl;dr: WaPo is whoring for the ChiComs. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2020-07-16 12:17 |
| #2 I choose not to subscribe to WaPo, so I am unable to read the article. |
| Posted by: Bobby 2020-07-16 11:23 |
| #1 WaPo...looks like the check cleared |
| Posted by: Rex Mundi 2020-07-16 11:12 |