Coronavirus in Massachusetts (Boston: commuters, adults, Americans)

[BostonMike7]

Why is it necessary to blame any one? I don't understand why there are multiple pages on this? The way global traffic works, it was only a matter of time before a virus from one part of the world spreads to the other part. People travel. Wuhan is a Business hub for several international corporations. GM has a factory there, and i'm sure VP's and engineers travel between there and the US all the time.

Back before this all went down, if I had gone out to eat at my favorite Sichuan restaurant in Burlington, I would venture to guess that the people most likely to have recently returned from China was not the staff, but the middle-management business type gents sitting down for a meal.

[Bridge781]

This is a major thing. I think it’s important to note where this originated, how it happened, how it spread and take measures to ensure it doesn’t happen again. Obviously China has had issues with overcrowding for a while but they need to take a look at their habits right down to what the eat and their hygiene practices. This isn’t the first virus that started there.

[charolastra00]

Originally Posted by Bridge781

This is a major thing. I think it’s important to note where this originated, how it happened, how it spread and take measures to ensure it doesn’t happen again. Obviously China has had issues with overcrowding for a while but they need to take a look at their habits right down to what the eat and their hygiene practices. This isn’t the first virus that started there.

Most Americans eat unclean animals like pork, and that started a virus here. Obviously we have issues and need to take a look at our habits, right down to what we eat and our hygiene practices.



See how ridiculous that is?



We let this run for months before doing anything and even what we've done up until today, March 27, is inadequate. We can't throw stones when we're living in a house made of milometer thick glass that's coming crashing down as we speak.

[bizcuit]

Apparently the Mayor of Northampton has tested positive for the virus.

[Shrewsburried]

Originally Posted by BostonMike7

Why is it necessary to blame any one? I don't understand why there are multiple pages on this? The way global traffic works, it was only a matter of time before a virus from one part of the world spreads to the other part. People travel. Wuhan is a Business hub for several international corporations. GM has a factory there, and i'm sure VP's and engineers travel between there and the US all the time.

Back before this all went down, if I had gone out to eat at my favorite Sichuan restaurant in Burlington, I would venture to guess that the people most likely to have recently returned from China was not the staff, but the middle-management business type gents sitting down for a meal.

This. The only thing which should be scrutinized is the response of government and private sector leading up to and during the pandemic.

Posters on this board should really ask themselves: if the virus had originated here, like the 1918 swine flu, would our national leadership have done any better with containment? Given the admins initial response, I think not. While my international employer was emailing critical status of our Chinese plants/offices and restricting international travel, Kudlow and crew were busy gaslighting America on various news outlets - quite pathetic behavior usually reserved for authoritarian regimes.

[timberline742]

Originally Posted by Shrewsburried

This. The only thing which should be scrutinized is the response of government and private sector leading up to and during the pandemic.

Posters on this board should really ask themselves: if the virus had originated here, like the 1918 swine flu, would our national leadership done any better with containment? Given the admins initial response, I think not. While my international employer was emailing critical status of our Chinese plants/offices and restricting international travel, Kudlow and crew were busy gaslighting America on various news outlets - quite pathetic behavior usually reserved for authoritarian regimes.

True. And if it originated in Kansas (one hypothesis from the 1918 "Spanish flu"), would people be saying those people in Kansas need to change what they eat or their hygiene. No way. Not people here. (That said, I'm not pro bush meat trade at all, but for conservation reasons... but where those limits are, are largely cultural. We as a country put wild meat into the food supply in places (though quite limited scenarios compared to a century ago, thankfully)).

[Bridge781]

Well it didn’t originate in Kansas. It came from China.

[Shrewsburried]

Originally Posted by Bridge781

Well it didn’t originate in Kansas. It came from China.

Woosh!

[massnative71]

Who could have predicted this turning into a SJW trying to one-UP each other session.

[jayrandom]

Originally Posted by Bridge781

This is a major thing. I think it’s important to note where this originated, how it happened, how it spread and take measures to ensure it doesn’t happen again. Obviously China has had issues with overcrowding for a while but they need to take a look at their habits right down to what the eat and their hygiene practices. This isn’t the first virus that started there.

I think the important lesson to learn is that novel diseases usually jump from wild animals to humans, so the more leeway we give wild animals, the less likely we are to catch new diseases. Likely true for this disease, or ebola, or even our own local contribution, Lyme disease.

When you start saying things like "look at those other people, they are unclean" it's hard not to think racism, or more precisely, cultural superiority. Cleanliness is as much cultural as it is related to things being free from dirt or bacteria.