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originally posted by: Hefficide
a reply to: IAMTAT
Then ya might wanna google Spanish Influenza.
1918 Flu Pandemic That Killed 50 Million Originated in China, Historians Say
Historian Mark Humphries of Canada's Memorial University of Newfoundland says that newly unearthed records confirm that one of the side stories of the war—the mobilization of 96,000 Chinese laborers to work behind the British and French lines on World War I's Western Front—may have been the source of the pandemic.
Historian Christopher Langford has shown that China suffered a lower mortality rate from the Spanish flu than other nations did, suggesting some immunity was at large in the population because of earlier exposure to the virus.
In the new report, Humphries finds archival evidence that a respiratory illness that struck northern China in November 1917 was identified a year later by Chinese health officials as identical to the Spanish flu.
originally posted by: Puppylove
a reply to: olaru12
Why would we take any actions against the individual Chinese. This is a Country thing, it's between governments not individual citizens. No need for that kind of nonsense.
Public health emergencies, such as the outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), are stressful times for people and communities. Fear and anxiety about a disease can lead to social stigma (1) toward people, places, or things. For example, stigma and discrimination can occur when people associate a disease, such as COVID-19, with a population or nationality, even though not everyone in that population or from that region is specifically at risk for the disease. Stigma can also occur after a person has been released from COVID-19 quarantine even though they are not considered a risk for spreading the virus to others.
originally posted by: Puppylove
a reply to: olaru12
Not one I would support, would you? Would most people? I would hope not. I'd like to think we've learned a thing or two since the last world war.
Study Reveals How Deadly China’s Coronavirus Cover-Up Was
The research also found that if interventions in the country could have been conducted one week, two weeks, or three weeks earlier, cases could have been reduced by 66 percent, 86 percent and 95 percent respectively – significantly limiting the geographical spread of the disease.
However, if NPIs were conducted one week, two weeks, or three weeks later than they were, the number of cases may have shown a 3-fold, 7-fold, or 18-fold increase, respectively.
originally posted by: olaru12
originally posted by: Puppylove
a reply to: olaru12
Not one I would support, would you? Would most people? I would hope not. I'd like to think we've learned a thing or two since the last world war.
Perhaps we could ship the Chinese home like we do the and diseased Mexicans.
Many of the Chinese are here illegally as well.
originally posted by: solve
a reply to: IAMTAT
But i think like all of us owe China like a bunch of money.
Maybe just call it even?