No shit.
Example:
“Countries under lockdown should do what Singapore has done to blunt the spread of the coronavirus, according to an infectious disease expert working with the World Health Organization.”
To be fair, the people in charge in Singapore are efficient because of existing protocols already in place from the SARS outbreak.
Unfortunately, they’re also spellbindingly, mind-bogglingly stupid so I’m almost giving the WHO a pass on this one.
I called the very clear signs of exponential growth a week in advance in another thread around the same this article was published in an exchange with you if you still remember. I based this on simple math and common sense but I didn’t know their leaders were THAT stupid.
Example 2:
(I can’t find the original official recommendation but it was in early to mid feb.)
After this was announced, relatives in CHINA immediately called me and told me not to listen to them. CHINA.
Let that sink in.
They were still telling people not to AFTER the CDC told people to wear “face coverings” in April.
The media may not be lying, but they’re clearly either deliberately exaggerating or omitting things for clickbait and to pander to their audiences.
Example:
There was a report on a “clampdown on religion” in China that @pat and I were having an exchange about some time back. It turned out that all the CCP did was close down 5 churches out of over 10,000(actually it may be 50,000 I can’t recall the exact number just that it’s over 10K or more) ones for unknown reasons.
And I’ll bet any amount of money that the cross that got burnt was an accident or something due to stupidity from some of the lower ranking fellows who have most likely been sacked.
Also, Muslims have their own schools which are allowed to be run by Imams.
https://musliminc.com/7-islam-friendly-universities-in-china-15095
So do Christians.
These are just short lists of Universities. I can’t be bothered to dig up how many Muslim and Christian educational institutions there are from primary level onwards.
I’m honestly not a fan of the media although I accept them as a necessary evil for at least some information and a free press is needed as a counter to government propaganda.
Agree more or less with the rest. Good post overall. Just adding my 2 cents.