Yeah man it's one of the best articles I have read on the virus /pandemic. It doesn't point fingers so much as just give the nuts and bolts of the problem.
Just look at this thread, the Chinese are more apt to point fingers, deflect blame, and build up their country's poor response, while Trump calling it a Chinese virus, poking fun and such. If that's the extent of global dialogue we are well and truly fucked.
I had a manager that was a Vietnam vet, he used to say especially during the 2008 financial crisis everyone is worried about who shot John and not John, as he's bleeding to death. Sometimes, most times, I think that's the world reaction to this.
In my opinion, fix the freaking problem then blame the Chinese, call it the Xi virus when all is said and done, for all the fucks I give. Start acting like the world leader(s) you are and recognize this particular moment is a global event and start acting your part within the world.
Exactly. China can be at fault. We can blame China. They fucked up because they have an awful government who lies to the people to try to make themselves look as good as possible. Then it spread here, and we fucked up because we have an awful government who lies to the people to try to make themselves look as good as possible. Going out of his way to call it the Chinese Virus means he is just blaming China, and it makes it look like he's not taking it seriously enough. And when half of his campaign has been built on blaming non-white people for all of the issues in America, it also makes it look racist, whether it is or not.
Right now, nobody gives a excrement whose fault it is. Sure, people like me are happy to throw blame Trump because he's a fuckhead who deserves it, but I really just want this excrement to go away. Don't blame China, be honest with us, and lead us out of this crisis. That's what a real president would do. That's what Obama would do. That's what Bush would do. I didn't like Bush at all, but despite his flaws, he at least put on a strong face during 9/11. Trump can't even do that.
Now, we need to fix it and curb the spread. I'm happy California is locking down. It was in a de facto lockdown for the last few days anyway with so many places closed. Smart people like me stayed inside except for getting essential goods like food and weed. Now the stupid people are forced to live the same way. Of course, I'm a hypocrite since I went to a concert last week when I knew this was an issue, but I also knew I was going to basically quarantine myself when it was over, and I have.
Granted, I saw a video that people in San Francisco are still allowed outside and on the beach for exercise. I think that's fine because we do need some level of freedom, but stupid people are still going to stupid.
