Shoot the virus?

[demi-conservative]

https://www.ccn.com/coronavirus-pati...er-or-earlier/

Seer, the report is about them going back in hindsight to relook at unusual cases in November. It doesn't mean that in November they knew "how infectious this was". You're falling for the spin.

[simplicio]

Seer, the report is about them going back in hindsight to relook at unusual cases in November. It doesn't mean that in November they knew "how infectious this was". You're falling for the spin.

Spin? It is conspiracy thinking, that the Chinese were able to learn significant information out of the first few cases.

[Watermelon]

Not very. There's a reason why the police are referred to as "the thin blue line".

Real life doesn't operate like a Hollywood script.

[Roy]

Especially when cities like NY are letting violent criminals out of prison.

I find no evidence that they are. One source I found said

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/20/nyregion/nyc-coronavirus-rikers-island.html

City officials would like to release several hundred people sent to Rikers Island for minor parole violations, near the end of their sentences or detained on low bail.

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Another said

Source: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/prisoners-new-york-city-jails-sound-alarm-coronavirus-spreads-i-n1172306

In New York City, Mayor Bill de Blasio has ordered the release of 75 jail inmates nearing the end of their sentences for nonviolent offenseselderly, ill or accused of nonviolent offenses.

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So NY has released nonviolent offenders nearing their sentence and, and wants to release parole violators, bailors, and more nonviolent offenders.

Do you have a source for your claim?

[Roy]

China knew how infectious this was in November? Where on earth did you glean that little factoid from?

https://www.ccn.com/coronavirus-pati...er-or-earlier/

That only shows that the virus has been traced to a patient on Nov 17th. It doesn't mean that the Chinese Government "knew how infectious this was in November".

[simplicio]

That only shows that the virus has been traced to a patient on Nov 17th. It doesn't mean that the Chinese Government "knew how infectious this was in November".

Ha! The communist Chinese are geniuses, able to figure out everything about this virus in no time flat, while the American scientists are dumbfounded, unable to learn much. Then in the next breath, the same posters insist how less advanced the Chinese are, how less capable they are in handling things, how the communist system doesn't work.

I am not sure how well accepted the Nov 17 date is, I thought the December date was more commonly accepted among the epidemiologists.

[One Bad Pig]

But how do you know? What was it like the last time it happened?

There was widespread looting after Hurricane Katrina hit, 15 years ago; that's just one example out of many.
I can't tell if you're trolling here or merely utterly clueless. Murders in Baltimore skyrocketed after the police merely drew back some. And officers aren't enlisted.

[rogue06]

There was widespread looting after Hurricane Katrina hit, 15 years ago; that's just one example out of many.

I can't tell if you're trolling here or merely utterly clueless. Murders in Baltimore skyrocketed after the police merely drew back some. And officers aren't enlisted.

Brought up Katrina, the Los Angeles riots after the Rodney King verdict as well as the various court rulings that the police are not required to protect you (although most willingly risk their lives doing so).

[Watermelon]

There was widespread looting after Hurricane Katrina hit, 15 years ago; that's just one example out of many.

I can't tell if you're trolling here or merely utterly clueless. Murders in Baltimore skyrocketed after the police merely drew back some. And officers aren't enlisted.

[Sparko]

Okay. The mid November date is problematic, because the extra two weeks would imply that the numbers were greater than reported. .

No! Really?

Everyone has been saying China lied about their numbers for weeks and you just now figured it out?

[Sparko]

Ha! The communist Chinese are geniuses, able to figure out everything about this virus in no time flat, while the American scientists are dumbfounded, unable to learn much. Then in the next breath, the same posters insist how less advanced the Chinese are, how less capable they are in handling things, how the communist system doesn't work.

I am not sure how well accepted the Nov 17 date is, I thought the December date was more commonly accepted among the epidemiologists.

How long did it take us to figure out how infectious it is? a week? Now think how long it was going around in China while they were claiming it wasn't infectious at all.

[One Bad Pig]

Because, instead of small communities banding together to protect each other when the police quit actively patrolling, crime went way up.

[Roy]

How long did it take us to figure out how infectious it is? a week?

According to the Wikipedia timeline, 24 days.

Now think how long it was going around in China while they were claiming it wasn't infectious at all.

6 days before the Chinese whistle-blower and Taiwan authorities suspected, 4 more before Hong Kong authorities suspected, 16 more before it was officially confirmed by China. 26 in total, but it really depends on what you take as the boundary points. It was widely suspected as transmissible between humans well before the official announcement.

In China, it was known, or strongly suspected, to be infections on Dec 30th. It was officially announced to be infectious on 20th Jan, but there were suspicions and warnings much earlier.

[Watermelon]

Because, instead of small communities banding together to protect each other when the police quit actively patrolling, crime went way up.

[KingsGambit]

This is not going to end well.