It was the same in Germany last weekend, let’s hope that it doesn’t amount to much
Originally Posted by: speckledjim
Does demonstrate however that a lockdown can only be maintained for so long before it will collapse in any case. Those saying we should not ease the lockdown are peeing in the wind, since younger people are chafing at the bit.
Here is Patten on China:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-8303719/LORD-PATTEN-Chinas-nasty-lying-bullying-Communist-regime-face-judgment-coronavirus.html
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But what should co-operation in the future mean? We cannot simply go back to our dealings with Chinese Communists and do business as we did before.
First, there is always the inherent danger presented by Communist hostility to the truth.
Covid-19 is not the first example of this risk. In 2002-04, SARS started in much the same way and its causes and spread were initially covered up. Fortunately, the results were not as bad as they have been this time.
Second, Theresa May was correct to say last week that we must work together to fight the pandemic and to prevent anything like it in the future. But how can we do that with China, which has a regime that is at present completely untrustworthy?
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Naturally, in a better world, the World Heath Organisation (WHO) should be the vehicle for such an inquiry. Yet there are real worries – not just on the part of President Trump – about the extent to which this body has been suborned by Beijing.
If you doubt that, just look at the way the WHO has connived with the Communist regime to freeze Taiwan – with a population of almost 24 million – out of the organisation.
Back at the end of December, Taiwan expressed worries to the WHO about the potential for transmission of the virus between humans. The WHO ignored this for three weeks, endorsing instead Chinese denials that this was happening. Despite Taiwan’s proximity to China, there have been only 380 cases there and five deaths.
We surely cannot allow China to go on preventing a free society which tells the truth from joining the WHO.
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