Wuhan Coronavirus: Megathread - Got too big

[Angry New Ager]

North Korea's not even going to fuck around with trying to treat anybody with Wu Flu, unless they're part of the party elite who can afford to pay for what limited care is available. If they do, there's also "military first" policy, so common civilians are fucked. This is a country that allowed possibly millions of its own citizens to die of starvation back in the '90s because no fucking way was Kim Jong-il (who had just come into power in 1994) going to surrender so much as an iota of control, or be so weak as to ask for or accept foreign food and medical aid. Three generations of Kims have proven over and over again that they not only don't give a damn about the people they rule over, but are perfectly willing to let them die in huge numbers if necessary in order to maintain absolute power. They make present-day China look compassionate and humane, if only by comparison.

So I would not be at all surprised if the NK government rounded up infected (and suspected) individuals, their families, and anybody else they'd been in close contact with and simply exterminated them--and the extermination crews, as well. Their economy is weak; they don't produce anything of value for export; they're dependent on China for basics such as food and fuel, and with 24 million people, most of whom already live in poverty, it's not much of a stretch to say that Kim Jong-un not only sees his subjects as disposable, but might even see thinning their numbers as beneficial. And he'd probably just let the flu run its course and take out even more people if there was no risk of him catching it, or if doing so didn't pose a threat of destabilizing internal unrest.

Seriously, fuck Lil' Kim and all his henchmen with a leaky vial of live Ebola.

 

[Mikoyan]

Thanks for the information. I've only been to P3 ones and those seem fucking strict enough on the surface already. Indicating to your later post, I'm glad I work at a place that allows casual wear. I cannot imagine wearing those heavy masks for several hours. Wearing laser protection goggles trigger me already, but of course I don't want my eyeballs cooked.

When a fuck up happens here, it's usually some intern not doing the right thing. That's why the idea of high power lasers being sold on ebay with a listing lying about the wattage makes me feel very worried. I guess humans just aren't capable in keeping these deadly viruses. I'd rather not work with the Chinese on such dangerous things.

Pretty much all Chinese markets are open air, housing live avian, live slaughter, fresh fruit and veg, stored together with raw meat and cooked stuff... even if the chance of some kind of outbreak is infinitely low, due to the almost infinite number of Chinese that don't give a fuck about hygiene, the virus being spawned is a given, just give it time.
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These are contagious shitholes. Even the ones in tier 1 cities aren't too different. Only recently, some cities started to rebuild these markets, there's zones for different types of food, live slaughter of mammals are not allowed etc. By recently, I mean 2019. I do have a mini-project in mind. On my next travel, I'll visit various markets and take some photos, I'm guessing there's maybe one or two good ones as a showpiece for the city, and the rest are filthy shitholes. This is how Chinese run stuff, have a showpiece or two and to hell with the rest.

I actually like bats, they are quite cute little things, why do they carry so many viruses though? Rats and mice do because they eat and live in filth. I read on some questionable source (vegetarian website) that omnivorous animals are usually the ones that carry the most diseases, while herbivores carry the least, and that humans started off being herbivores which later turned into omnivores? These deadly creatures also tend to be small, hard to hunt. Surely if our ancestors fucked up by eating rats or bats, they'd be a genocide, right? Hard to hunt combined with very little profit in food makes them undesirable, that's why our ancestors never ate mice or bats unless it's a matter of survival?
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(Look at this little thing, you can't say it's not adorable)


Alright, this isn't really a surprise. I caught a cold last week and did sneeze a couple times on a bus, people obviously paid more attention than usual and ducked away in disgust. I told them to not worry, it's just a silly cold from excessive aircon, and everything went back to normal.

Is this "racism"? Fuck no, these stupid slants are exceptional. If being asked about it, just say no you fucking stupid monkey. Maybe they are worried about you and more importantly themselves and their fucking kids.

Most of these stupid FOB spawns have never even been to China. Can they find Shanghai or even Beijing on a map? They can't. Oh I can't find Wuhan on a map if you catch me in the streets within 30 seconds, so there's that. I've been all over the country, even studied there for many years as an utter outcast having actual Chinese-to-Chinese racial slurs lured at me for being slightly different, I'm not gonna whine about it. They tried to "correct" my abo-accent, until my parents stepped in and threatened them. Their perspective is fucking worthless. Why do most of these diaspora spawns turn out to be uber libtards? I guess only the very first wave produces off-spring that's very critical of far leftist ideologies because most were seeking political cover. But, oh it's Twitter, oh well, fuck twitter and fuck Ching Wing Lau. Coughing just to spite people? I hope you get two of those viruses you obtuse 4-eyed misprogrammed calculator.

Glad that most of us here vote for the Republican equivalent (Liberal party).

Oh and I saw this.
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Well done... I guess. 3M must be the happiest party here, wonder what their profits look like.

They've been meh lately. My long-term holdings want them to profit from this bigtime.

 

[Homo Demens]

(Look at this little thing, you can't say it's not adorable)

Oh, it's adorable. It's also an retarded source of protein.

 

[JosephStalin]

Looking at the open-air markets in Wuhan where this virus is supposed to have some from, and memories came back.

Spent 39 months in Korea, on two separate occasions from the mid-70's to the early 80's. Lived downtown just about all that time. Conditions still a bit rough. Went to the outdoor market often. Saw plenty of food out for sale. Never saw any bats or monkeys, saw dogs on sale for meat. About the only fresh foods I bought were fruit (tangerines, Asian pears, apples, strawberries) and bread from a bakery. (Koreans make pretty good bread, even back then.) Worst illness I came down with was a little diarrhea first time eating an Asian pear. After that, was good to go for anything. But I don't remember of any sort of virus/respiratory illness emanating from the market. Am sure if there had been, the base would have put the market off-limits.

Things may well have changed between now and then, but remembering this makes me believe the virus escaped from the biological warfare facility, one way or another. Bet there are people in the Washington area that know what has actually happened.

 

[Shaka Brah]

These are contagious shitholes. Even the ones in tier 1 cities aren't too different. Only recently, some cities started to rebuild these markets, there's zones for different types of food, live slaughter of mammals are not allowed etc. By recently, I mean 2019. I do have a mini-project in mind. On my next travel, I'll visit various markets and take some photos, I'm guessing there's maybe one or two good ones as a showpiece for the city, and the rest are filthy shitholes. This is how Chinese run stuff, have a showpiece or two and to hell with the rest.

I actually like bats, they are quite cute little things, why do they carry so many viruses though? Rats and mice do because they eat and live in filth. I read on some questionable source (vegetarian website) that omnivorous animals are usually the ones that carry the most diseases, while herbivores carry the least, and that humans started off being herbivores which later turned into omnivores? These deadly creatures also tend to be small, hard to hunt. Surely if our ancestors fucked up by eating rats or bats, they'd be a genocide, right? Hard to hunt combined with very little profit in food makes them undesirable, that's why our ancestors never ate mice or bats unless it's a matter of survival?
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(Look at this little thing, you can't say it's not adorable)

The thing about bats is that they live in filth. Their caves accumulate so much shit that it's actually mined for fertilizer in some places. They're cute in captivity and cute from a distance but they're just about as gross up close as rock doves (city pigeons).

 

[Jet Fuel Johnny]

All right, let's look at something ugly. Something that Hollywood touches upon, rarely, but it still there.

Corona-Chan is dancing in two nuclear armed nations who don't care about the rest of the world's opinions about them beyond their reputation for ruthlessness, efficiency, and "The Right Side of History" where the Party rules over everything.

There is a... final solution, so to speak. It's in the doctrine. It's not a good part of the doctrine, but it's there.

If it was any Western Nation I'd say there's no way it could happen, but we aren't talking about Western Nations, we aren't even talking about modern nations. We're talking about fucking savages armed with modern weaponry.

The Norks, as we all know, place less value on human life than a troon does on women's feelings.
The Pollution Goblins, as we've seen, only value a human life as far as it can assemble some bearded faggot hipster's new iPhone.

Both nations would do ANYTHING to look strong, to look as if they've got what it takes to control the situation. Anything to prove they aren't weak.

And they both have nuclear weapons. Well, probably early implosion style ones for the Norks, but Clinton basically let the Pollution Goblins wheel state of art Made in the USA thermonuclear rounds out of Los Alamos and put them in the trunks of cars.

Under any other circumstances, detonating a nuclear weapon would cause the entire WORLD to freak the fuck out.

But if Corona-Chan is having herself a good ol' time in big enough cities?
If the leaders of Pollution Goblin Hives and the Nork Nests panic?

Well, there's always one option to control a major outbreak of a dangerous disease in a city that has enough people to break a military cordon and spread it across the entire country as they flee the diseased hive.

A nuclear detonation.

We've watched China make every goddamn move straight out of a movie or novel, so why not go for the Second Act escalation?

If there's two nations who would use nuclear weapons on their own populace to control an outbreak, it's the Norks and the Pollution Goblins.

It could get interesting.

 

[JosephStalin]

All right, let's look at something ugly. Something that Hollywood touches upon, rarely, but it still there.

Corona-Chan is dancing in two nuclear armed nations who don't care about the rest of the world's opinions about them beyond their reputation for ruthlessness, efficiency, and "The Right Side of History" where the Party rules over everything.

There is a... final solution, so to speak. It's in the doctrine. It's not a good part of the doctrine, but it's there.

If it was any Western Nation I'd say there's no way it could happen, but we aren't talking about Western Nations, we aren't even talking about modern nations. We're talking about fucking savages armed with modern weaponry.

The Norks, as we all know, place less value on human life than a troon does on women's feelings.
The Pollution Goblins, as we've seen, only value a human life as far as it can assemble some bearded faggot hipster's new iPhone.

Both nations would do ANYTHING to look strong, to look as if they've got what it takes to control the situation. Anything to prove they aren't weak.

And they both have nuclear weapons. Well, probably early implosion style ones for the Norks, but Clinton basically let the Pollution Goblins wheel state of art Made in the USA thermonuclear rounds out of Los Alamos and put them in the trunks of cars.

Under any other circumstances, detonating a nuclear weapon would cause the entire WORLD to freak the fuck out.

But if Corona-Chan is having herself a good ol' time in big enough cities?
If the leaders of Pollution Goblin Hives and the Nork Nests panic?

Well, there's always one option to control a major outbreak of a dangerous disease in a city that has enough people to break a military cordon and spread it across the entire country as they flee the diseased hive.

A nuclear detonation.

We've watched China make every goddamn move straight out of a movie or novel, so why not go for the Second Act escalation?

If there's two nations who would use nuclear weapons on their own populace to control an outbreak, it's the Norks and the Pollution Goblins.

It could get interesting.

Jesus Christ, let's hope not. But I put nothing past Emperor Xi and Kim Jong Un.

 

[Bum Driller]

All right, let's look at something ugly. Something that Hollywood touches upon, rarely, but it still there.

Corona-Chan is dancing in two nuclear armed nations who don't care about the rest of the world's opinions about them beyond their reputation for ruthlessness, efficiency, and "The Right Side of History" where the Party rules over everything.

There is a... final solution, so to speak. It's in the doctrine. It's not a good part of the doctrine, but it's there.

If it was any Western Nation I'd say there's no way it could happen, but we aren't talking about Western Nations, we aren't even talking about modern nations. We're talking about fucking savages armed with modern weaponry.

The Norks, as we all know, place less value on human life than a troon does on women's feelings.
The Pollution Goblins, as we've seen, only value a human life as far as it can assemble some bearded faggot hipster's new iPhone.

Both nations would do ANYTHING to look strong, to look as if they've got what it takes to control the situation. Anything to prove they aren't weak.

And they both have nuclear weapons. Well, probably early implosion style ones for the Norks, but Clinton basically let the Pollution Goblins wheel state of art Made in the USA thermonuclear rounds out of Los Alamos and put them in the trunks of cars.

Under any other circumstances, detonating a nuclear weapon would cause the entire WORLD to freak the fuck out.

But if Corona-Chan is having herself a good ol' time in big enough cities?
If the leaders of Pollution Goblin Hives and the Nork Nests panic?

Well, there's always one option to control a major outbreak of a dangerous disease in a city that has enough people to break a military cordon and spread it across the entire country as they flee the diseased hive.

A nuclear detonation.

We've watched China make every goddamn move straight out of a movie or novel, so why not go for the Second Act escalation?

If there's two nations who would use nuclear weapons on their own populace to control an outbreak, it's the Norks and the Pollution Goblins.

It could get interesting.

Out of all the stupid fearmongering I've encountered thus far regarding this disease, this...whatever you're smoking, I'll take it for twenty. Must be good shit.

 

[Feline Supremacist]

Out of all the stupid fearmongering I've encountered thus far regarding this disease, this...whatever you're smoking, I'll take it for twenty. Must be good shit.

We're talking about people who eat bats raw, bat that are known to carry diseases. pangolins, mice, you name it they eat it. Do you think they understand both the short and long term consequences of a nuclear release?

 

[Otterly]

ctually China finally came out and stated that the virus was airborne, that it was kind of transforming into an aerosol through droplets and then travel around 10 to 13 miles.

I don’t believe that. Airbourne viruses, even the really tough ones, can reach about 10-13m. Indoors is very different to outdoors. Indoors, stuff can have a constant environment and hang about longer, but outdoors, UV, air currents and free radicals soon zap and disperse stuff.
The only stuff that can go 13 miles outdoors is fungal spores and stuff like anthrax spores which can be carried on dust as it blows in the wind.

 

[Still Anonymous For This]

All right, let's look at something ugly. Something that Hollywood touches upon, rarely, but it still there.

Corona-Chan is dancing in two nuclear armed nations who don't care about the rest of the world's opinions about them beyond their reputation for ruthlessness, efficiency, and "The Right Side of History" where the Party rules over everything.

There is a... final solution, so to speak. It's in the doctrine. It's not a good part of the doctrine, but it's there.

If it was any Western Nation I'd say there's no way it could happen, but we aren't talking about Western Nations, we aren't even talking about modern nations. We're talking about fucking savages armed with modern weaponry.

The Norks, as we all know, place less value on human life than a troon does on women's feelings.
The Pollution Goblins, as we've seen, only value a human life as far as it can assemble some bearded faggot hipster's new iPhone.

Both nations would do ANYTHING to look strong, to look as if they've got what it takes to control the situation. Anything to prove they aren't weak.

And they both have nuclear weapons. Well, probably early implosion style ones for the Norks, but Clinton basically let the Pollution Goblins wheel state of art Made in the USA thermonuclear rounds out of Los Alamos and put them in the trunks of cars.

Under any other circumstances, detonating a nuclear weapon would cause the entire WORLD to freak the fuck out.

But if Corona-Chan is having herself a good ol' time in big enough cities?
If the leaders of Pollution Goblin Hives and the Nork Nests panic?

Well, there's always one option to control a major outbreak of a dangerous disease in a city that has enough people to break a military cordon and spread it across the entire country as they flee the diseased hive.

A nuclear detonation.

We've watched China make every goddamn move straight out of a movie or novel, so why not go for the Second Act escalation?

If there's two nations who would use nuclear weapons on their own populace to control an outbreak, it's the Norks and the Pollution Goblins.

It could get interesting.

North Korea? Oh yeah. They would nuke the ever living shit out of a border town that was crawling with Corona. I don't think that's going to happen, but I could definitely see them being dumb enough to try it.

China? The CCP will do some awfully fucked up shit if they think public opinion is taking a dangerous turn against them. China will not bat an eye at finding tank crewmen willing to mow down protesters all day and all night. The CCP will find an excuse for it and the general Chinaman will be cowed into submission or likely believe it.

Nuking a city? Even though I think the shit is out of the goose and nuking a city won't put that back in, the act of using a nuclear weapon would be the one thing the CCP could do to cause its one nightmare to come true: a fracturing of the PLA. Gunning down a mob of unruly protesters? Totally acceptable in that culture. Turning a city to glass? Eeeehhhh.

That is to say nothing of the pariah that would make the CCP on the global stage. I don't even think the Russians would be willing to defend that sort of action. If nothing else, I imagine that could lead to a global intervention, which gives the Russians the perfect excuse to nibble away at the Chinese frontier again.

 

[Rudy Russo]

Remember the flu is worse, maybe that'll be of comfort...

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[Otterly]

i Don’t think we are quite at nuke it from orbit level of panic yet.
The guess I made at the start of this I still think is correct: more contagious than SARS, slightly less lethal. My money is on 2-4% death rate or possibly lower. 6 of 138 cases died in the case series - that’s about 4% of those admitted. Not everyone is being admitted - there are multiple mild cases as well.
The big missing numbers are how many total cases there are (if it’s been around since last year, that number is going to be higher than reported), how many progress to pneumonia and how many of those need ventilation, and how many die. No accurate data on all of those is available yet.
What will be really interesting to look at is why some get almost no symptoms and some come down with pneumonia. Obviously pre existing conditions are a big part of the story but it’s possible genetic or other factors are at play too. That could help us in regular seasonal flu outbreaks in future years.

 

[Ivan Shatov]

It's just funny how all the worst speculations this thread has made from several days ago end up being confirmed days later. I seen this consistently since the first week this became a story back around January 22 to now. It goes to show that in the "Information age" even the top levels of government can't keep anything under wraps which is why I think censorship is becoming more and more important in so called free democratic societies. So how cell phones and permanent Wi-Fi can be useful for tracking people and punishing them its obvious it won't stop leaked information from getting out.

Deduction is sometimes mistaken for speculation. It happens. Make no mistake, the people who need to know the real numbers know them.

China is being ravaged right now, not just in Wuhan. Going outside, attending large gatherings of people can literally kill you. The CCP lacks the means to control the virus, the next 6 months will be about controlling society and their economy. Some of my friends are pointing to Camus' The Plague as required reading.

The Shanghai and Shenzhen stock markets are starting to dip again after a large cash infusion last week. There's a 10-day sell off window for assets over a certain amount, mid-week we should see another liquidity infusion and decline. People are cleaning up shorting both markets, there are fortunes being made while this virus does its work.

Reminder that the 4% death rate is occurring in conditions where many of the worst cases have access to respirators or oxygen tanks. As the number of cases outpace treatment, you will see it go from the sickest 10% of the infected receiving care to 1% or less of the sickest infected receiving emergency care, and then you are going to see the death rate make up the difference between the two percents.

The health care system around Wuhan was overwhelmed weeks ago. The majority of people seeking treatment are not receiving any, there's about 7k people seeking treatment for every doctor right now.

And that number is suppressed. Young people are foregoing treatment because they know it can land them in a camp... er, quarantine center. Taking your chances is the better option for a lot of people, they know if they get locked up with people sicker than them, death becomes more likely.

One of the things I heard - and this is a wild ass rumor, take it with a grain of salt - is the CCP is using Internet activity as a predictor of who is infected.

Well done... I guess. 3M must be the happiest party here, wonder what their profits look like.

3M masks have an interesting business model.

The primary customer for P95s and better is industry, they get sold to companies by the truckload. Their profit margin works out to around 13% per unit sold, which is high for any commodity used in manufacturing. The petroleum sector is the primary consumer, they have very serious health and environmental concerns related to enclosed spaces. Most petroleum companies have worldwide safety protocols, they specify the brand, the model, and the frequency with which they must be changed.

Compliance is an issue with these masks. Phillips 66 buys them in sleeves, they have their own custom dispenser system that actually monitors the number drawn over the course of a day. On their rigs, you can get fired and escorted back to shore if you don't swap out your masks frequently enough. There is a rumor, unconfirmed, that people from there have been selling sleeves of masks for thousands of dollars.

The ones you see on the shelves at Home Depot are for contractors, especially ones who work with concrete and paint. The margins for those are higher, 3M makes about 23% profit per unit sold, and Home Depot charges about 4x the cost to sell them to you. They haven't increased prices in response to demand, and probably won't (there's some agreement with 3M in place around the max they will sell for) but it's likely they will control where they are resupplied. Any store that's had a rush on the masks will likely not get restocked as often as ones that don't. Those stores are going to be recommending people buy online and have them shipped direct.

This is expected to cause serious issues for home contractors, who typically purchase equipment the day of the job. Any inability to get masks for anything involving silica creates serious environmental health and safety concerns. We could actually be seeing delays on construction projects throughout North America as a result of this virus.

 

[Jarolleon]

All right, let's look at something ugly. Something that Hollywood touches upon, rarely, but it still there.

Corona-Chan is dancing in two nuclear armed nations who don't care about the rest of the world's opinions about them beyond their reputation for ruthlessness, efficiency, and "The Right Side of History" where the Party rules over everything.

There is a... final solution, so to speak. It's in the doctrine. It's not a good part of the doctrine, but it's there.

If it was any Western Nation I'd say there's no way it could happen, but we aren't talking about Western Nations, we aren't even talking about modern nations. We're talking about fucking savages armed with modern weaponry.

The Norks, as we all know, place less value on human life than a troon does on women's feelings.
The Pollution Goblins, as we've seen, only value a human life as far as it can assemble some bearded faggot hipster's new iPhone.

Both nations would do ANYTHING to look strong, to look as if they've got what it takes to control the situation. Anything to prove they aren't weak.

And they both have nuclear weapons. Well, probably early implosion style ones for the Norks, but Clinton basically let the Pollution Goblins wheel state of art Made in the USA thermonuclear rounds out of Los Alamos and put them in the trunks of cars.

Under any other circumstances, detonating a nuclear weapon would cause the entire WORLD to freak the fuck out.

But if Corona-Chan is having herself a good ol' time in big enough cities?
If the leaders of Pollution Goblin Hives and the Nork Nests panic?

Well, there's always one option to control a major outbreak of a dangerous disease in a city that has enough people to break a military cordon and spread it across the entire country as they flee the diseased hive.

A nuclear detonation.

We've watched China make every goddamn move straight out of a movie or novel, so why not go for the Second Act escalation?

If there's two nations who would use nuclear weapons on their own populace to control an outbreak, it's the Norks and the Pollution Goblins.

It could get interesting.

This is so loony that the idea that China is intentionally fucking up its response to Corona-chan in order to get underestimated by the rest of the world again so the West doesn't get its shit together and stop the slow recolonization of Africa and IP theft sounds positively rational in comparison.

That said, what if it really is "just a flu bro" and China is just taking the opportunity to run a little Shoah on some known dissidents without too much international scrutiny? Stumble for a second, and let all who harbour ill-will towards the CCP reveal themselves.

 

[Disheveled Human]

I don’t believe that. Airbourne viruses, even the really tough ones, can reach about 10-13m. Indoors is very different to outdoors. Indoors, stuff can have a constant environment and hang about longer, but outdoors, UV, air currents and free radicals soon zap and disperse stuff.
The only stuff that can go 13 miles outdoors is fungal spores and stuff like anthrax spores which can be carried on dust as it blows in the wind.

They are mistaking airborne with aerosol (2m) still pretty scary and as far as im concerned close enough.

 

[Fatafata]

i Don’t think we are quite at nuke it from orbit level of panic yet.
The guess I made at the start of this I still think is correct: more contagious than SARS, slightly less lethal. My money is on 2-4% death rate or possibly lower. 6 of 138 cases died in the case series - that’s about 4% of those admitted. Not everyone is being admitted - there are multiple mild cases as well.
The big missing numbers are how many total cases there are (if it’s been around since last year, that number is going to be higher than reported), how many progress to pneumonia and how many of those need ventilation, and how many die. No accurate data on all of those is available yet.
What will be really interesting to look at is why some get almost no symptoms and some come down with pneumonia. Obviously pre existing conditions are a big part of the story but it’s possible genetic or other factors are at play too. That could help us in regular seasonal flu outbreaks in future years.

Mindray is the big Chinese ventilator company... from their Twitter

 

[wtfNeedSignUp]

All right, let's look at something ugly. Something that Hollywood touches upon, rarely, but it still there.

Corona-Chan is dancing in two nuclear armed nations who don't care about the rest of the world's opinions about them beyond their reputation for ruthlessness, efficiency, and "The Right Side of History" where the Party rules over everything.

There is a... final solution, so to speak. It's in the doctrine. It's not a good part of the doctrine, but it's there.

If it was any Western Nation I'd say there's no way it could happen, but we aren't talking about Western Nations, we aren't even talking about modern nations. We're talking about fucking savages armed with modern weaponry.

The Norks, as we all know, place less value on human life than a troon does on women's feelings.
The Pollution Goblins, as we've seen, only value a human life as far as it can assemble some bearded faggot hipster's new iPhone.

Both nations would do ANYTHING to look strong, to look as if they've got what it takes to control the situation. Anything to prove they aren't weak.

And they both have nuclear weapons. Well, probably early implosion style ones for the Norks, but Clinton basically let the Pollution Goblins wheel state of art Made in the USA thermonuclear rounds out of Los Alamos and put them in the trunks of cars.

Under any other circumstances, detonating a nuclear weapon would cause the entire WORLD to freak the fuck out.

But if Corona-Chan is having herself a good ol' time in big enough cities?
If the leaders of Pollution Goblin Hives and the Nork Nests panic?

Well, there's always one option to control a major outbreak of a dangerous disease in a city that has enough people to break a military cordon and spread it across the entire country as they flee the diseased hive.

A nuclear detonation.

We've watched China make every goddamn move straight out of a movie or novel, so why not go for the Second Act escalation?

If there's two nations who would use nuclear weapons on their own populace to control an outbreak, it's the Norks and the Pollution Goblins.

It could get interesting.

Firebombing is far more effective. Nukes will just result in moving clouds filled with radiation and Corona chan.

 

[mr.moon1488]

All right, let's look at something ugly. Something that Hollywood touches upon, rarely, but it still there.

Corona-Chan is dancing in two nuclear armed nations who don't care about the rest of the world's opinions about them beyond their reputation for ruthlessness, efficiency, and "The Right Side of History" where the Party rules over everything.

There is a... final solution, so to speak. It's in the doctrine. It's not a good part of the doctrine, but it's there.

If it was any Western Nation I'd say there's no way it could happen, but we aren't talking about Western Nations, we aren't even talking about modern nations. We're talking about fucking savages armed with modern weaponry.

The Norks, as we all know, place less value on human life than a troon does on women's feelings.
The Pollution Goblins, as we've seen, only value a human life as far as it can assemble some bearded faggot hipster's new iPhone.

Both nations would do ANYTHING to look strong, to look as if they've got what it takes to control the situation. Anything to prove they aren't weak.

And they both have nuclear weapons. Well, probably early implosion style ones for the Norks, but Clinton basically let the Pollution Goblins wheel state of art Made in the USA thermonuclear rounds out of Los Alamos and put them in the trunks of cars.

Under any other circumstances, detonating a nuclear weapon would cause the entire WORLD to freak the fuck out.

But if Corona-Chan is having herself a good ol' time in big enough cities?
If the leaders of Pollution Goblin Hives and the Nork Nests panic?

Well, there's always one option to control a major outbreak of a dangerous disease in a city that has enough people to break a military cordon and spread it across the entire country as they flee the diseased hive.

A nuclear detonation.

We've watched China make every goddamn move straight out of a movie or novel, so why not go for the Second Act escalation?

If there's two nations who would use nuclear weapons on their own populace to control an outbreak, it's the Norks and the Pollution Goblins.

It could get interesting.

Imo, It's too early to say. I think the issue with these kinds of predictions is that rather than simply tracking what Corona chan may, or may not do, you're actually trying to predict what various governments will do, which is a much more fickle variable to observe.

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If there is ANY serious indication that China is taking a "lol we're fucked, so we don't care if Corona chan visits you too" attitude to this, then you might see nukes start flying.

 

[Varg Did Nothing Wrong]

Firebombing is far more effective. Nukes will just result in moving clouds filled with radiation and Corona chan.

Apparently coronavirus can't survive for more than 2 days on a doorknob outside, but can survive reasonably close proximity to a nuclear blast.

Big brain opinion you have there.