Comments on: Media malfeasance in a time of plague

By: Didact

Didact — Sat, 21 Mar 2020 19:38:35 +0000

In reply to TheMaleBrain. Israel responded early and decisively by closing off its borders - which was exactly the right course of action. And from everything I am seeing, the Israeli government and people are reacting well in the face of the entire world basically melting down. It's good to see, and reinforces the argument that a homogeneous nation of similar peoples in a high-trust society will respond much better in a crisis than a heterogeneous one with lots of "vibrants".

By: Didact

Didact — Sat, 21 Mar 2020 19:36:45 +0000

In reply to Uncle John's Band. Thank you, that is much appreciated.

By: Uncle John's Band

Uncle John's Band — Fri, 20 Mar 2020 23:44:11 +0000

Excellent piece. Well reasoned and well supported – a needed breath of fresh sanity.

It is easier for nations to pull together when populations and leadership belong to the same nation. Corona has shined a floodlight under the civnat rock.

By: Didact

Didact — Fri, 20 Mar 2020 07:31:19 +0000

In reply to Dire Badger.

No doubt about that. Every single thing that the God-Emperor does is subject to fierce criticism by "journalists" with room-temperature IQs.

I despise the Red Chinese government, but the ONE thing that is kind-of-sort-of-not-quite-so-terrible about their system is that, in times of national crisis, they do pull everyone together.

Unfortunately, they do it through fear, intimidation, and brute force, and that I cannot respect. But at least they actually try to maintain some form of unity in the face of serious problems.

By: TheMaleBrain

TheMaleBrain — Thu, 19 Mar 2020 18:30:59 +0000

I'd like to bring my own country to the table – Israel.
First spotted patient was Feb-27. Trailing the US by about a month.
We are now entering our second week of semi-lock-down.
Number of patients – ~570 (slightly below).
Number of death – 0
Patients released (after recovery) – 12

Israeli government, even though we are after a third election, have acted swiftly. Work place were ordered to cut number of people coming, schools went online and people were asked to stay home.
In my opinion – they should have quarantined the old and potential sick. But that's my opinion.

Media – semi-frenzy.

Let's see how it will go.

By: Didact

Didact — Thu, 19 Mar 2020 08:30:35 +0000

In reply to A.B. Prosper. Thank you, I appreciate that very much.

By: furor kek tonicus ( yo, LeBron. you're worth 500 mill, move to Africa and you could be a kangz )

Thu, 19 Mar 2020 02:32:00 +0000

as of this writing, Ferrara has zero cases of Corona.

maintaining their 444 year old perfect record of zero plague deaths since 1576.

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By: A.B. Prosper

A.B. Prosper — Thu, 19 Mar 2020 02:22:25 +0000

This might be the best post on the Kung Flu I've yet to see , good common sense, low in hysteria, long on facts. Very well done.

By: Didact

Didact — Wed, 18 Mar 2020 20:32:36 +0000

In reply to Adam P.

If you say that we can't trust the Chinks then it's useless to quote virus figures from them.

You are correct. I should have emphasised this more strongly.

The air quality in Lombardy is appalling, perhaps the worst in Europe

Now that is definitely something I didn't know before. It helps explain why the virus hit that area so hard, especially when combined with the fact that there were some 300,000 Chinese workers in that area.

By: Dire Badger

Dire Badger — Wed, 18 Mar 2020 17:35:26 +0000

It doesn't help that the media is specifically screaming fire in a crowded theater in order to try and 'Get' Trump.

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