The coronavirus has become a big problem. It is spreading around the world. Outside of China it has hit Iran, South Korea, Japan and Italy particularly hard.
AP:
Police manned checkpoints in quarantined towns, governments issued travel warnings and more flights were suspended Tuesday as officials desperately sought to stop the seemingly inevitable spread of a new virus.
Clusters of the illness continued to balloon outside mainland China, fueling apprehension across the globe that was reflected in sagging financial markets.
The crisis pushed into areas seen as among the worst-equipped to deal with an outbreak as well as some of the world’s richest nations, including South Korea and Italy. As it proliferates, the virus is bringing a sense of urgency for local officials determined to contain it but often unsure how.
“It’s a matter of speed and time: We must create a clear turning point within this week,” said President Moon Jae-in of South Korea, where the caseload grew by 144, with a total of 977 people sickened.
Cases of people who could have infected many others spurred fears.
Here are some figures.
This all could have been avoided, but politicians around the world refused to take basic common sense action.
The obvious thing would have been to immediately block all travel to and from China. But instead of doing that, travel continued and countries even took it upon themselves to evacuate their citizens out of areas the Chinese quarantined.
Decisive action was not taken because politicians were afraid of being labeled racist chink haters and did not want to disrupt international Jewish business operations. But not taking action has been far worse for business. Just look at what happened to the stock market yesterday if you don’t think that’s the case.
Don’t worry though, I’m sure the affirmative action Ethiopian that was put in charge of the World Health Organization has everything under control. He’ll fix everything because his ancestors built the pyramids and invented advanced technology that White people stole.
