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Bunny Tracks said:
I keep remembering this one line from The Walking Dead, which is why I'm now nominating its opening theme.

"When it happens, it will happen quickly."

https://youtube.com/watch?v=v5ISBJc1wFk
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Since we still suggesting theme songs for the plague, here is what I think should be playing when the plague finally comes for us kiwiniggers in our introvert bunkers
 
The problem with deciding that you're going to destabilise African nations with a pandemic is that African nations erupt into bloody civil wars and outright genocides on terrifyingly little provocation.

You will recall that one of the great fears expressed in the last major Ebola outbreak was that widespread infection in Liberia would render the government incapable of dealing with the expected mass civil disorder. The major factor that has ensured a quiet level of Ebola infection rumbling along in west Africa for decades is that the major infective reserve is in the fucking DRC. It has not been possible to ensure consistent safe access to the areas of interest as Ebola reserves for international/western teams over the past few decades because DRC is a hellscape of warlords, machetes, genocide, mass rape and mass refugee flight. You may not be familiar with such places as Kivu and Yumbi: that's because genocide is such a common occurrence in the DRC that no one in the west really bothers to report on it any more. Almost 6 million people died in the five years of the Second Congo War, and I'm not sure the majority of random punters are aware there was a Second Congo War. One of the major local influences is the sort-of-sometimes-invading Rwandan army, and what is Rwanda most known for? A genocide where a million people died in weeks, neighbour murdering neighbour.

You introduce a 'destabilising' infective agent into west and central Africa, and the place will go up like a fucking tinderbox. A tinderbox with huge tracts of land, hostile terrain, and limited infrastructure for you to fall back and defend. A tinderbox of complicated tribal conflicts, warlords on the make, and cultural views about disease transmission that include fucking witchcraft as a major cause of disease.

The last fucking thing you would want to do if you wanted to improve and expand your influence in Africa is unleash plague in it. That's a good way to end up with your ears strung round the neck of a child soldier. The last way you would try to manage Africa is by subjecting it to more chaotic and unpredictable forces.
 
Super-Chevy454 said:
I wonder if they might also test these vaccines on Uighur Muslims as well?
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Xie Jiao are considered subhuman. Subjecting them to medical experiments, harvesting their organs, consuming their flesh in times of famine is perfectly acceptable throughout China. Has been that way for centuries, moral equivalent of Indian Dust People.

Isam said:
If it is as bad as the non-official reports coming out of China make it out to be then I think the virus could be catastrophic to the people of NK: I doubt there are resources available at a quality or quantity required to handle it even as a small outbreak.

I wonder what China would have offered in exchange for this immense risk assuming this rumor to be true? I guess there is the possibility of China not informing NK of the risk, or NK being arrogant enough to believe they can manage it.
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NK Penal colonies are remote and hard to access. Very little little firsthand information comes out of them, even the guards are allotted below-subsistence rations. Each one is surrounded by mass graves, occasionally the entire camp just gets liquidated and a new crew comes in to operate it.

So I'm not sure this qualifies as a risk, it's doubtful anyone there will ever leave. The most likely scenario is everyone - guard and prisoner alike - has already been infected and some Chinese researchers are monitoring their response to AIDS drugs. Everyone not going back to China will just be executed.
 
Make sure you stock your fridge with the official beer of the coming apocalypse - Corona Extra

Corona - We've gone viral!
Corona - You'll never get sick of it!
Corona - It's to die for.

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Given that the US has quite a few pacific Islands under its control would it not make sense to create a makeshift hospital on one and temporarily quarantine returning Americans on them?
 
ulsterscotsman said:
Given that the US has quite a few pacific Islands under its control would it not make sense to create a makeshift hospital on one and temporarily quarantine returning Americans on them?
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Speaking of.... hasn't China been in the habit of constructing large islands of mysterious purpose, lately?

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Pocket Dragoon said:
Speaking of.... hasn't China been in the habit of constructing large islands of mysterious purpose, lately?

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No mystery. China wants the oil reserves beneath the Spratley Island chain. US intel analysts warned about it 30 yrs ago. And 25 yrs ago. And 20 yrs ago. Then they stopped bothering because no one listened. Now China is trying to annex it.
 
Fareal said:
The problem with deciding that you're going to destabilise African nations with a pandemic is that African nations erupt into bloody civil wars and outright genocides on terrifyingly little provocation.

You will recall that one of the great fears expressed in the last major Ebola outbreak was that widespread infection in Liberia would render the government incapable of dealing with the expected mass civil disorder. The major factor that has ensured a quiet level of Ebola infection rumbling along in west Africa for decades is that the major infective reserve is in the fucking DRC. It has not been possible to ensure consistent safe access to the areas of interest as Ebola reserves for international/western teams over the past few decades because DRC is a hellscape of warlords, machetes, genocide, mass rape and mass refugee flight. You may not be familiar with such places as Kivu and Yumbi: that's because genocide is such a common occurrence in the DRC that no one in the west really bothers to report on it any more. Almost 6 million people died in the five years of the Second Congo War, and I'm not sure the majority of random punters are aware there was a Second Congo War. One of the major local influences is the sort-of-sometimes-invading Rwandan army, and what is Rwanda most known for? A genocide where a million people died in weeks, neighbour murdering neighbour.

You introduce a 'destabilising' infective agent into west and central Africa, and the place will go up like a fucking tinderbox. A tinderbox with huge tracts of land, hostile terrain, and limited infrastructure for you to fall back and defend. A tinderbox of complicated tribal conflicts, warlords on the make, and cultural views about disease transmission that include fucking witchcraft as a major cause of disease.

The last fucking thing you would want to do if you wanted to improve and expand your influence in Africa is unleash plague in it. That's a good way to end up with your ears strung round the neck of a child soldier. The last way you would try to manage Africa is by subjecting it to more chaotic and unpredictable forces.
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Destabilizing Africa is pretty clearly an unnecessary and stupid idea. Which puts it right up the alley of most governmental bodies on the planet.
 
WTFrU? said:
No mystery. China wants the oil reserves beneath the Spratley Island chain. US intel analysts warned about it 30 yrs ago. And 25 yrs ago. And 20 yrs ago. Then they stopped bothering because no one listened. Now China is trying to annex it.
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Still an ongoing issue. Recently the Chinese have built runways and missile platforms in an effort to turn the area into a lillypad system for aircraft.
 
Pocket Dragoon said:
Speaking of.... hasn't China been in the habit of constructing large islands of mysterious purpose, lately?

:thinking:
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Basically if it's an atoll chain south of the equator, China has snapped it up. There are bases on several chains of islands and island nations that once were protectorates of the US. I believe Tuvalu and Vanuatu, known for mostly guano, are seeing "investments" so China can park their ships there. There's the island of Australia which I heard is going to the Chinese, too.
 
ZXO said:
Still an ongoing issue. Recently the Chinese have built runways and missile platforms in an effort to turn the area into a lillypad system for aircraft.
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And there's fuck-all the other competing SEAsian nations could do about it, save complain loudly to the ICJ and the UN.
 
ZXO said:
Still an ongoing issue. Recently the Chinese have built runways and missile platforms in an effort to turn the area into a lillypad system for aircraft.
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It's mostly ghost towns on those islands. They build shit they never use just to say they're there. The inhabitants are mostly rural types relocated because the CCP bulldozed their village to put up high density housing and they complained.
 
Well folks, just read that this virus is now confirmed TO BE CONTAGIOUS during the incubation period. This is a major 40-love lead tot he virus. Ladies and gentlemen, we have a virus on our hands with all the traits you'd want to see in a virus you don't want.

Winning traits:
1. Incubation period 1-14 days. Winner
2. Presents mild symptoms in the onset, often which can temporarily be cloaked with tylenol. Winner.
3. Is contagious during the typical incubation period - up to a week. Winner.
4. Doesn't kill it's hosts too quickly allowing it to be spread. Winner.
5. Is airborne. Winner.
6. Even when symptoms are showing can be mistaken for something else. Winner.

Get the popcorn out.
 
Ivan Shatov said:
It's mostly ghost towns on those islands. They build shit they never use just to say they're there. The inhabitants are mostly rural types relocated because the CCP bulldozed their village to put up high density housing and they complained.
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Not disregarding that but the photos I've seen show artificial island extensions being built as well. They really think no one's paying attention.
 
So, is anyone else tracking the conspiracy theories put forth by tinfoil hats and anti-vaxxers? Bill Gates is responsible for all of this! Fun reading some of the posts from this search result.

My favorite "independent economist" says people are hating Hubei and are sending people back. Philippines took a plane load of Chinese from Wuhan and sent them right back to China. Samples were stolen from France by the Chinese. It's like tabloid tier stuff. The Engrish generated from Google's autotranslate is funny, but parseable.
 
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