Well they might plan to develop a vaccine for themselves before intentionally releasing it.Uh, the Corona Virus is clearly a incredibly lousy bioweapon by any practical standard unless you're talking about some general death cult who does not care who they kill. (In which case it is still not remotely as lethal as desirable.)
Basically being overtly easy to spread and having a fairly long symptom free incubation period are terrible traits for a nation state because it makes it vastly too likely the virus is going to end up spreading to your country as well and hit everyone close to equally. The evidence is also it is not as deadly as desirable in terms of the percentage of people who die from it versus the number who get infected. (The long incubation period also means if you're trying to use it on troops in a conventional conflict by major powers, the war may be effectively over before that many troops become significantly ill among other problems.)
A plausibly useful bioweapon does not spread easily beyond a limited area and potentially kills a high number of people infected by it like anthrax.
In other words conspiracy theories about the coronavirus being part of a bioweapons research effort which accidentally escaped simply do not make sense because any theoretical state government research program would almost immediately conclude something like this coronavirus is simply worthless for their particular needs.
Uh, trying to vaccinate over a billion people in secret (or even creating the stockpiles to do this) is not exactly vaguely practical...Well they might plan to develop a vaccine for themselves before intentionally releasing it.
Or intentionally release it as a last resort with certain individuals remaining in prepared isolation until the disease goes extinct.
Still not an ideal virus for that because the symptom-free incubation period isn't nearly long enough to be that effective.
Nobody said it was practical. Nobody said they would try to save that many with a last-resort bio weapon.Uh, trying to vaccinate over a billion people in secret (or even creating the stockpiles to do this) is not exactly vaguely practical...
More to the point the actual death total vs the number of people infected is clearly not truly that high percentage wise,
making the rest of your idea utterly pointless.
Even versions of the flu in the past have had a higher lethality rate than the virus.
There is zero value in messing around what you are apparently talking about for a country like China compared to just using nukes. (Furthermore on top of the virus not being even vaguely lethal enough, even if you were talking about a virus that was that lethal, realistically killing almost everyone in your country means your country no longer effectively exists
regardless, and other countries are likely to nuke you in retaliation anyways when they figure out you used a bioweapon against them which killed most of their population.)
Not in actual real life in a sufficiently effective way you would not.If it was properly engineered you could infect the whole planet before anyone became symptomatic.
No. They announced it Jan. 1st. They knew in December, 2019 and knew it went back to at least their Dec 7 patient.if you learn that the virus started in 2019, IN 2020, then you would name it retroactively.
...because they found it in humans in 2019. Again, this is why it's called 2019-nCoV. It wasn't found in 2020 and named retroactively. It was found in 2019.how did they know this virus could jump to humans if it originated from an animal prior to this outbreak ?
Uh, the Corona Virus is clearly a incredibly lousy bioweapon by any practical standard unless you're talking about some general death cult who does not care who they kill. (In which case it is still not remotely as lethal as desirable.)
Basically being overtly easy to spread and having a fairly long symptom free incubation period are terrible traits for a nation state because it makes it vastly too likely the virus is going to end up spreading to your country as well and hit everyone close to equally. The evidence is also it is not as deadly as desirable in terms of the percentage of people who die from it versus the number who get infected. (The long incubation period also means if you're trying to use it on troops in a conventional conflict by major powers, the war may be effectively over before that many troops become significantly ill among other problems.)
A plausibly useful bioweapon does not spread easily beyond a limited area and potentially kills a high number of people infected by it like anthrax.
In other words conspiracy theories about the coronavirus being part of a bioweapons research effort which accidentally escaped simply do not make sense because any theoretical state government research program would almost immediately conclude something like this coronavirus is simply worthless for their particular needs.
Uh, this is clearly nonsense in the ways that matter for China's political leadership. Basically this situation is very economically harmful for China with problems both with factories etc. being shut down, plus the degree that China is being shut off from international travel. (On top of all the other problems, since a certain amount of cargo is ordinarily transported via passenger planes, the situation is making it more costly and logistically complicated to transport goods out of China with the extent such flights have been cancelled. The effects on tourism to China also are going to realistically last significantly longer than merely the period the virus is really a threat incidentally in terms of the impact to China's economy.)China knows they have too many people for their resources. Losing a few (thousand, million, whatever) could help more than harm.
Yep. If the current public relations blitz of coronavirus censorship and propaganda isn't successful, we'll see the Chinese military take a much more visible role in affected cities in the future.In reality a situation like this is the sort of thing that can undermine China's current regime which heavily bases its current legitimacy on the extent they have brought economic success to China in recent decades.
article said:Only one resident per household is allowed to go out every two days to buy necessities, and 46 highway toll stations have been closed, authorities announced.
The city had previously closed public places such as cinemas and museums, and suspended public transport.
If it does get Thai'd up here then it may be a reason for Ichinisan to stay in Thailand then.
Specific airlines may have stopped direct flights, but according to this Canadian government page there is no ban, just an advisory against "non-essential travel" to China. There will also be many indirect routes available from China to Canada. Also, this:Yeah I'm glad at least here in Canada they banned flights to/from China from what I gather, but not sure if they did in the US, so there is still a chance of someone from the US coming here.
Coronavirus: 325 Canadians have requested to leave epicentre of the outbreak
The number of Canadians who have asked for assistance in leaving Hubei — the province in China where a new virus has infected thousands — has now risen to 325, according to Global Affairs Canada.
As of Sunday, Global Affairs says 543 Canadians in China have now registered with consular officials, a figure that includes those looking to leave the country.
As of Sunday, Canada is still in the process of chartering a flight to Wuhan to pick up the Canadians there.
“In the event that there are more passengers than available seats, we will continue to explore all avenues to assist Canadians in departing from Wuhan, China,” the message stated.
well your hands are dirty most likely, i often wash my hands before pissing too. nothing to do with the coronoavirusI'm paranoid now.
When I enter a punlic bathroom I wash my hands before relieving myself.
I don't want Coronavirus on my dick!
For now I'll take the president that is defined by imposing travel bans, increasing border security, and was confident enough to spark a trade war with China while almost everyone else was falling all over themselves to pacify China and cater to their demands. DJT may not be the hero we deserve, but he is probably the hero we need at this point in history.And if this turns really really bad, like some real life of the movie Contagion, thank god we have Donald Trump to lead us.
And Mike Pence.