Wednesday 22 April 2020

Covid-19 virus update, 22 April

My spreadsheet from figures at Worldometer 
Boredom sets in. Even the figures are boring. Wanting to get back to gym. To the pool.
HK Total = 1030. New = 4. All imported and found at the airport. Social distancing continues, though restaurant restrictions eased.

Being forced together is forcing couples apart.
Poll: views of China hit new lows. Of course they have, because the media hate on China is relentless.
I must say, on blogs of left and right there’s a tsunami of China hatred and now drumbeats of war. everybody has learned how to say “Thucydides". A lot of people who ought to know better are spewing hateful and ignorant stuff. Scary.
If people now say “China must pay” for the virus then what about the so-called “Global Financial Crisis” which was without a doubt caused by shoddy, immoral practices on Wall Street. It can’t be too late for “reparations” for the “American Financial Crisis”, can it? While the scientific search for source of virus continues. The political source is clear; the actual, real, scientific source remains uncertain. As European countries say.* Maybe the wet market. Maybe earlier forms in other countries. Uncertain.
*ADDED (23 April): /Snip:
Merkel joins a growing chorus demanding that China release more information about the virus, underlining the level of unease for the European leader who is generally seen as less critical of the Chinese government in public.