In the Wake of the Coronavirus Outbreak, Let’s NOT be Woke
It has been more than three weeks since China first admitted to the world about the pandemic corona virus outbreak. They had lied about it back in December 2019, reassuring the world that it was nothing to worry about. Since then, the World Health Organization declared a global health emergency on January 30th as the coronavirus outbreak spread well beyond China.
On January 31st, The Lancet, one of the world’s oldest and most prestigious medical journals published the latest findings of Prof Gabriel Leung MD, Prof Joseph Wu phD, Kathy Leung phD from the University of Hong Kong (https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)30260-9/fulltext) According to their simulation model, 75815 individuals have already been infected in the Greater Wuhan region, 7 times higher than the numbers released by the Chinese government. Testimonials from distressed front line doctors and nurses confirm their estimate.
As of today, almost every continent has countries which issued travel bans to China. United States, UK, Taiwan, Singapore, Indonesia, Vietnam, South Korea, Japan, Australia, New Zealand and Israel are among them. Russia and North Korea closed their borders with China. In addition, the United States, Taiwan, Japan and UK have issued quarantine advisory to those who have been to China for the past 14 days…
