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| Sum: no real change in trends |
From Worldometer.
Many medical staff are on strike, demanding full border closure with China. They are copping plenty of blowback.
We remember back in 2003, the SARS outbreak(*). Medical staff were praised for their heroic efforts. All medical staff stood at their posts, fighting a more mysterious and more deadly virus. Today, eight months of street protests have divided our society and turned toxic relations with the government. That surely plays into their strike decision, as Yonden Lhatoo nails.
As individuals, the best thing we can do is do is limit our human contacts and wash our hands.
As government, closing our border with China would be what I’ve been calling “strategic over-reaction”, that is, “hardly the worst option”.
(*) Related: 2003, SARS and Article 23
We remember back in 2003, the SARS outbreak(*). Medical staff were praised for their heroic efforts. All medical staff stood at their posts, fighting a more mysterious and more deadly virus. Today, eight months of street protests have divided our society and turned toxic relations with the government. That surely plays into their strike decision, as Yonden Lhatoo nails.
As individuals, the best thing we can do is do is limit our human contacts and wash our hands.
As government, closing our border with China would be what I’ve been calling “strategic over-reaction”, that is, “hardly the worst option”.
(*) Related: 2003, SARS and Article 23
