Coronavirus

[LeeToRainesToRoach]

I don't follow the Premier of Danistan on FB but I was looking up my local MLA's webpage and his FB feed was there ….. Dan is claiming anyone avoiding Chinese precincts is racist. Hopefully he also posted this in Mandarin if its not just targeted at Gweilo.

Dan Andrews
Politician · 609,675 Likes
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Last I checked coronavirus wasn't on the banquet menu.
But many Victorians seem to think it is.
Box Hill's restaurants are quiet. Chinatown gets more deserted by the day.
But that's not because of any medical advice or common sense.
A lot of it is simply fear.
A view that somehow, for whatever reason, Chinese people – and Chinese restaurants – should be avoided.
It's wrong – and it's discriminatory.
So let me say this, as clearly as I can:
Chinese communities are safe.
Chinese restaurants are safe.
Get out this weekend and have a meal.
And don't let fear ruin what's great about our state.

He’s probably right, it’s probably safe. But there is plenty of choice when it comes to food, so why take a chance?

My favourite fish ‘n’ chip shop is run by Chinese people and closed down for a fortnight until early this month. I have no idea whether they holidayed in China or not, but I’m having a rest from fish ‘n’ chips for a little while.

Yes it’s discriminatory and some might even label it racist. So be it.

 

[tigertim]

Very brave of Dan to get his Chinese food as take away.....

 

[LeeToRainesToRoach]

69,075 cases
1,666 deaths (2.41%)
11,080 severe (16%)
46,904 mild (68%)
9,425 recovered (14%)

 

[Ridley]

Very brave of Dan to get his Chinese food as take away.....

Yeah hypocritical much Dan?

I live in one of the most popular areas for Chinese people in Melbourne. I can tell you from my own observations that the Chinese themselves have been staying away more so than anyone else.

Just ridiculous hyperbole from the so called leader of the state.

 

[Coburgtiger]

He’s probably right, it’s probably safe. But there is plenty of choice when it comes to food, so why take a chance?

My favourite fish ‘n’ chip shop is run by Chinese people and closed down for a fortnight until early this month. I have no idea whether they holidayed in China or not, but I’m having a rest from fish ‘n’ chips for a little while.

Yes it’s discriminatory and some might even label it racist. So be it.

It's also probably safe to go down to safeway to get your groceries as well.

People not going to get Chinese food is just dumb.

Honestly, there are more significant impacts of this virus, but it's still dumb.

 

[Harry]

Yeah hypocritical much Dan?

I live in one of the most popular areas for Chinese people in Melbourne. I can tell you from my own observations that the Chinese themselves have been staying away more so than anyone else.

The Chinese are staying away from their own restaurants yet dan is calling others racist?.

 

[tigerman]

President Xi Jinping has let the cat, or was it a bat, out of the bag.

Xi Jinping knew about virus weeks before sounding alarm

Xi Jinping was aware of the deadly coronavirus much earlier than originally thought, according to a transcript of a private speech he made.

www.news.com.au

 

[Tigers of Old]

With so much of China in lock down, the flow on effects will be interesting to say the least in the next few months.
So much of what we rely on is made in China.
The effects of that will soon bite..

 

[LeeToRainesToRoach]

71,248 cases
1,770 deaths (2.48%)
11,298 severe (16%)
47,290 mild (66%)
10,890 recovered (15%)

 

[LeeToRainesToRoach]

Life imitates art?

This 1981 novel is about a virus named Wuhan-400 which escapes from a Chinese bio-military lab in Wuhan...

 

[Harry]

Life imitates art?

This 1981 novel is about a virus named Wuhan-400 which escapes from a Chinese bio-military lab in Wuhan...

How does it end?

 

[LeeToRainesToRoach]

How does it end?

They nuke China and Trump is re-elected in a landslide.






















No! I don't know. Just found a few references to the ending being sudden and unsatisfactory.

 

[Harry]

I'll wait for the movie.

 

[TigerForce]

Koontz might make some money out of this by re-selling....

 

[LeeToRainesToRoach]

Another 99 cases aboard the Diamond Princess. You couldn't get me off that thing quick enough, even if it meant another two weeks of boredom locked up in a military barracks.

 

[Tigers of Old]

Given the travel bans are working currently, how can they even consider lifting them?

 

[LeeToRainesToRoach]

73,332 cases
1,873 deaths (2.55%)
11,795 severe (16%)
46,952 mild (64%)
12,712 recovered (17%)

 

[LeeToRainesToRoach]

75,198 cases
2,009 deaths (2.67%)
12,057 severe (16%)
46,577 mild (62%)
14,555 recovered (19%)

 

[Tigers of Old]

"In May I think the world will be very different...we might all be in a situation where we're dealing with a pandemic...where there'll be as many cases in Australia as everywhere else in the world." - Dr Bruce Sutton : Victorian Chief Health Officer

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1230014951995035650

May.

Interesting times ahead.

 

[TigerForce]

"In May I think the world will be very different...we might all be in a situation where we're dealing with a pandemic...where there'll be as many cases in Australia as everywhere else in the world." - Dr Bruce Sutton : Victorian Chief Health Officer

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1230014951995035650

May.

Interesting times ahead.

Why May? The flu doesn't come in until late July/early August and Melbourne winters have been warmer than usual.

This is ridiculous. Fear and panic is spreading quicker than the virus itself.