Coronavirus Pandemic (many threads merged)

[Trailrider]

An unarmed populous is far easier to quarantine...what are they gonna do? Throw rocks? And yes, in those numbers they could easily overpower any traditional ground force barricade....but many would have to be willing to die to do that. A populous kept as sheep, treated like sheep, and happy to be sheep...will not consider the sacrifice as worth while...
Till the water stops flowing and the food runs out.

Yep, look at Hong Kong.

 

[Huddy]

The poling question should be "is it going to cause a PANIC in the U.S.?"

 

[Leveraction44]

An unarmed populous is far easier to quarantine...what are they gonna do? Throw rocks? And yes, in those numbers they could easily overpower any traditional ground force barricade....but many would have to be willing to die to do that. A populous kept as sheep, treated like sheep, and happy to be sheep...will not consider the sacrifice as worth while...
Till the water stops flowing and the food runs out.

Chairman Mao Zedong killed 45 million Chinese in just 4 years by starvation. He was selling the food to the Soviet Union for weapons. From his perspective it was not even risky. The peasants did not fight back.

 

[WinstonSmith]

The poling question should be "is it going to cause a PANIC in the U.S.?"

Or, is it going to severely hamper the world wide economy?

China makes everything. And everything used to make everything else. That's my main concern not mortality rate here in the first world. China is not an insignificant domino in the world economy and the world is far more connected economically than ever before in history. How many years do you think it would take us to bring back our steel industry to the levels we need? 2, 5 ,10?

 

[Don231s]

Or, is it going to severely hamper the world wide economy?

China makes everything. And everything used to make everything else. That's my main concern not mortality rate here in the first world. China is not an insignificant domino in the world economy and the world is far more connected economically than ever before in history. How many years do you think it would take us to bring back our steel industry to the levels we need? 2, 5 ,10?

China has a population of 1.38 billion. That's 1 billion more than the US. Half of their population could die in this thing, and they would still have double ours. They live under they constant threat and fear of government reprisal for any dissent, and they just disappear when it happens. They won't miss a beat. The minions will continue working and there will always be a line waiting to take someone's place.

 

[batoncolle]

Or, is it going to severely hamper the world wide economy?

China makes everything. And everything used to make everything else. That's my main concern not mortality rate here in the first world. China is not an insignificant domino in the world economy and the world is far more connected economically than ever before in history. How many years do you think it would take us to bring back our steel industry to the levels we need? 2, 5 ,10?

It's already happening. Lots of articles out there like this one. https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20200204002651320

The good news from all this mess is that Trumps pressure on China already started pushing a lot of companies to start moving away from their labor base, and now the coronavirus will accelerate it since China has a history of these types of issues. It may be pain in the short term, but Communist China needs to be broken and broken hard.

 

[Don231s]

Communist China needs to be broken and broken hard.

GLWS

 

[Nuke And Juke]

This flu thing is no joke. I came down with flu this week and I’m terrified for the first time in my life.

The pain is at level with chicken pox or shingles. The fever is no joke. Just trying to stay away from family is a task. The heart rate and BP is thru the roof. I didn’t think I’d pull thru

It’s bad. Real bad.

 

[batoncolle]

GLWS

They ain't the cheapest labor anymore. They're commie bastards. They threaten pretty much all the countries in their region. They're commie bastards. They steal everything. They're commie bastards. Etc., etc., etc.

The only thing they have going for them now is an infrastructure build, but what good is that every time you have to shut down for a SARS, coronavirus, etc.

Here's hoping

 

[Spas-12 Owner]

With those numbers they would have to nuke their own cities.

MOAB bro, MOAB.