https://www.citynews1130.com/2020/02...irus-headline/

What are your thoughts on this news headline from the Province? Personally, I have not been a target of racist attacks as a Canadian Born Chinese, born and raised in Vancouver, during this corona virus outbreak.


The lady that is mentioned in the article, Linda Hao, does make a good point. H1N1 was not labelled the "American virus". Zika was not labelled in the media as the "Brazil virus". Then the Province rag puts out a headline "China Virus" to describe Corona virus.

This sounds to me as an outright attack and bullying by the Province paper against the Chinese community in Vancouver and in other cities around the world. :considered:

Let's be real here, if this happens in America or the West in general, no government would have the balls to release the real numbers.

And it's perfectly understandable. A mass panick will only make the already bad situation worse.

$50/lbs is cheap for King Crab? I remember it being cheaper.

It also says that governments are allowed to ignore patents n licensing during an emergency situation (like corona) but instead China's like naw we'll let everyone make some money off of this :lol

That’s the cheapest I’ve seen it at Kirin for years. Maybe like 5 years ago it was 39.99lb

hong kong foot
middle east respiratory syndrome
stockholm syndrome

thousands are dying in China but Vancouver is triggered over a headline? life is too good here

If they had done that, someone would be posting an article saying "China ignores company's copyright and steals their work to create and sell counterfeit drugs"

Can't win man. Also I think you're misunderstanding the purpose of the copyright application in this case... I don't believe there's any intention to make money off their own citizens in this case.

This is a good question.
I've heard stories of ppl being told to stay home from work for 14 days unpaid after they came back from HK or had a connecting flight at HKG.

What is the legality of employers to require employees to stay home and not pay them.

that's a tough one

i can see it from both employer/employee perspective: why should i pay you to sit at home if wasn't a work-related trip/vancouver is expensive i cant skip an entire cheque

My friends parents are coming back from HK, he still lives with parents so TD Bank gave him 2 weeks paid time off LOL

Don’t worry, despite the cesspool that China is, its still not as bad as Toronto.

Copyright laws are non-existent in China. This patent will do literally nothing.

The closest estimate we can draw from is how the timeline for SARS played out. On the other hand, transmissibility is way higher and far more difficult to track down. The Wuhan coronavirus epidemic has also grown far larger than SARS had ever been.

I fully expect the new cases to peak some time before May, and then it will start trending downward, but how long it would take before it completely dies down is anyone's guess. The real danger is that it cannot be completely eradicated this "season", and sporadic cases continue to occur until we hit Oct / Nov 2020 where it can flare up again. If that happens, then we'd know the disease is here to stay. :(
FailFish

Some Ahole told our tech who went to install her internet that she just came back from China, she been coughing and mention she was in WuHan and then wish our tech good luch of not catching anything from her. Now our tech have to self isolate at home for 14 days. We aren't even sure if she is serious or not..........

https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/06/asia/...ntl/index.html

Let’s be real. Who believed he *wasnt* poisoned by the government. My money is he got his ass epstein’d

https://vancouver.craigslist.org/van...067479291.html

https://vancouver.craigslist.org/rch...069370545.html

WTF... I paid $6 for a box of 50's and haven't even used single one.
maybe I will sell it ROFL!!!

[QUOTE=320icar;8973613]https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/06/asia/...ntl/index.html

Let

https://www.change.org/p/stop-callin...as-china-virus

LOOOOOLL :lawl:

There's a petition now. I mean, I get it, they shouldn't have called it a "CHINA VIRUS"... but pls.

This is so "gen snowflake" to be blowing it out of proportion.
I don't really understand what this petition is supposed to do. And just how many times have this virus been referred to as "China Virus"? Cause the petition makes it sound like that's the term being used everywhere.

https://vancouversun.com/news/local-...tted-in-canada

We might be up to 4 confirmed cases.

isolate with her :ifyouknow:

Another two more cases of coronavirus in BC. :heckno:

https://www.citynews1130.com/2020/02...rus-bc-update/

wonder how many more with the virus got through before the 14 day quarantine was established

vancouver coastal region jiayouuuu

Forgot the big one: Spanish flu

While I think the headline is a bit inflammatory, people in general are too sensitive these days. I can't imagine living life where the smallest inconvenience or slight sends me overboard.

These 2 "new" cases are really nothing new to worry about, because they are directly related to the 50+ person that was infected earlier. In fact, I'd be more worried if we could not identify the 2 Wuhan relatives of this 50 y.o. person.

So essentially, they are just the same cluster of infections, instead of some other new source creeping up out of nowhere.

Apparently Dr. Li is still alive, barely. They reportedly have restarted his heart and have him on ECMO (artificial lung)

Fucking tragic if this man dies.