Wuhan Coronavirus: Megathread - Got too big

[AnotherPleb]

I think there’s a possibility that if, by some struck of luck, enough of them get pozzed by Corona-Chan, they’d change their tone. Sure, they‘re more than happy to sacrifice plebs by the bushel, but what if all of sudden their own lives are in jeopardy. Ergo, what if they finally had to face the consequences of their actions?

You think they don't have state of the art doomerbunkers that'd put even the most paranoid preppers to shame?

 

[Jarolleon]

There was a German EU official whose daughter - a 19 year-old named Maria Ladenburger - was raped and murdered (strangled with her own scarf and drowned face down in a river) by an illegal 'unaccompanied minor' Afghan migrant male who had previously committed an attempted murder of a young woman in Greece, his point of entry to the EU. The migrant turned out to have lied about both his age and his nationality (he was an Iranian with a criminal record there and in his thirties, but the Krauts believe him when he said he was 17). One might think losing one's daughter to an illegal, lying scumfuck who decided to repay both the European countries that took him in by committing rape and murder may, just may have changed this guy's mind about his open borders, refugees welcome agenda and the system that is set up to 'help' them by not questioning their claims a bit harder on arrival. It didn't. The guy went and used her funeral to collect monies for other illegals. This stuff is an article of faith as I said, and I think they see consequences as tests of that faith they must pass by doubling down harder on the belief system.

ETA: Ninja'ed!

There might be another factor at play. If you're in the cult, and everyone you know is also in the cult and you become the fixture of a story that damages the cult's narrative you are probably under immense pressure to "Counter the hate". That way every Twitter sped can say "Haha the dad of the victim disagrees with you therefore you're wrong" or "[Victim] wouldn't have wanted you to do this, she believed in love not hate, it's you haters who made them vicious, this is a long, worldwide healing process and there's always bumps along the way". If this guy at such a critical moment didn't toe the line he would never work again and would have to take up solitary hobbies.

Edit: Other cults are notorious for making one's entire social and professional life contingent on membership, so why not this one?

 

[Arctic Fox]

The problem with that theory is that open border cultists plus their direct beneficiary demographics make up a decent chunk of the electorate on their own, and have almost all of the most powerful business interests backing them.

California is almost certainly the epicenter though. If that state gets hit the hardest, or is potentially even wiped out...

 

[LetThemEatCake]

 

[kcbbq]

I think the same level of spread in China can happen in the US because we lack good healthcare/insurance coverage, we are heavily service based which means people have to go to work to maintain a paycheck and because they have no savings, we don’t have mandatory sick days or pay to cover someone being out for an extended period (most companies only offer 3-5 days per year if that), and we don’t have proper childcare options (in China most families have extended family to help). I see it all the time at work, people come in while sick even though we have the option to work from home.

While it’s true the Chinese are a disgusting people who don’t practice good hygiene, respect people’s personal space, or have the decency to stay home and prevent others from becoming ill the US has other problems that can lead to increased spread of the virus.

A huge majority of people have health insurance, a huge majority of people have sick days, and equating the US to China outside San Francisco is pretty stupid.

 

[Dog-O-Tron 5000v5.0]

Boomers are totally downplaying this. Today I was listening to a talk show out of NYC with former Imus sidekick Bernard McGuirk, 2 guys in their 70s. They were absolutely mocking anyone as a carefag who even thought about prepping. LOL it's a big joke, you're an idiot to worry.

One exceptional screeching Brooklynite correspondent for them was saying smug shit like "Nobody in NY cares about this dumb virus, we're in a hurry, we gotta get to work! A guy could drop dead next to us and WE KEEP GOING!"

Yep, NYC Strong, pure chutzpah and attitude will power you through.

My Catholic friends won't be upset. Traditional Catholics hate the guy.

Maybe now we can get a Based Pope like Pius XIII...

 

[Clones of Alex Jones]

Iran's vice-president diagnosed with coronavirus

Masoumeh Ebtekar among 254 confirmed cases in the country, where 26 people have been killed by the virus

www.independent.co.uk

Iran’s essentially toast at this point. Maybe this virus can pave the way for the return of the Pahlavis?

No shit, if anyone remembers Tehran Mary from Argo (the spokeswoman for the hostage takers) that's her.

Back in the day, Masoumeh Ebtekar, better known to the Western media as Mary, served as spokeswoman for the Iranian hostage-takers during the 444-day U.S. Embassy standoff in Tehran in 1979.

'Mary' the '79 Iranian hostage-taker proves that crime can pay - Los …

archived 27 Feb 2020 18:28:57 UTC

archive.ph

Spoiler: Article on the cunt

‘Mary’ the ’79 Iranian hostage-taker proves that crime can pay
By PAUL WHITEFIELD
SEP. 10, 2013

|3:12 PM
Caught “Argo” again the other night on cable. Terrific movie, even the second time around.
On Tuesday, there was a real-world echo of the events depicted in “Argo”: “Mary” has a new job.
Back in the day, Masoumeh Ebtekar, better known to the Western media as Mary, served as spokeswoman for the Iranian hostage-takers during the 444-day U.S. Embassy standoff in Tehran in 1979.
And that certainly seems to have been a nice thing to have on her resume. In 1997, she became the first female vice president of Iran. She also served six years on the Tehran city council, holds a doctorate in immunology and has been an associate professor at Tehran’s Tarbiat Modares University.

And now, at 52, she’s been named a vice president and head of environmental affairs by new Iranian President Hassan Rouhani.
Proving that crime does pay.
Of course, many Iranians -- and especially the hostage-takers -- wouldn’t put it that way. Ebtekar and the others saw their action as a legitimate protest against U.S. intervention in Iran’s affairs, especially the 1953 coup that brought the shah, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, to power.
OK. But the bottom line is this: There was nothing legal about taking 52 Americans captive, blindfolding them, terrorizing them and locking them up for more than a year -- even if you didn’t like something the U.S. government had done two decades before.


Now, in today’s Iran, Ebtekar is seen as a moderate, and her appointment is proof to some that the new president intends to steer a different course both domestically and internationally from his nutty, Holocaust-denying predecessor, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
Perhaps so. Consider this, from my colleagues Ramin Mostaghim and Carol J. Williams:
On Monday, Rouhani urged his new Cabinet members to open personal pages on Facebook to be more accessible to the populace -- an about-face from the Tehran regime’s previous efforts to limit Iranians’ access to social media.
Wow. If you’re on Facebook, does this mean we can all be “friends”?
I’d like to think so. But part of me hopes they have as much trouble navigating Facebook and its quirks as I do. And I hope they have just as many annoying “friends” who brag about their kids, their jobs and their vacations and who post endlessly about what coffee they drank that morning or how they need money to treat their sick dog.
Because somehow, I just can’t cheer the good fortune of someone who, 33 years ago, helped steal 444 days out of the lives of 52 innocent Americans

 

[Nonconsentual Pronouns]

Air traffic to and/or from the base is picking up. It's normal to hear the occasional takeoff or landing through the day, but this is a bit much. Maybe I should start a tally.

Aaaand there goes another one.

 

[Feline Supremacist]

No shit, if anyone remembers Tehran Mary from Argo (the spokeswoman for the hostage takers) that's her.

'Mary' the '79 Iranian hostage-taker proves that crime can pay - Los …

archived 27 Feb 2020 18:28:57 UTC

archive.ph

Spoiler: Article on the cunt

‘Mary’ the ’79 Iranian hostage-taker proves that crime can pay
By PAUL WHITEFIELD
SEP. 10, 2013

|3:12 PM
Caught “Argo” again the other night on cable. Terrific movie, even the second time around.
On Tuesday, there was a real-world echo of the events depicted in “Argo”: “Mary” has a new job.
Back in the day, Masoumeh Ebtekar, better known to the Western media as Mary, served as spokeswoman for the Iranian hostage-takers during the 444-day U.S. Embassy standoff in Tehran in 1979.
And that certainly seems to have been a nice thing to have on her resume. In 1997, she became the first female vice president of Iran. She also served six years on the Tehran city council, holds a doctorate in immunology and has been an associate professor at Tehran’s Tarbiat Modares University.

And now, at 52, she’s been named a vice president and head of environmental affairs by new Iranian President Hassan Rouhani.
Proving that crime does pay.
Of course, many Iranians -- and especially the hostage-takers -- wouldn’t put it that way. Ebtekar and the others saw their action as a legitimate protest against U.S. intervention in Iran’s affairs, especially the 1953 coup that brought the shah, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, to power.
OK. But the bottom line is this: There was nothing legal about taking 52 Americans captive, blindfolding them, terrorizing them and locking them up for more than a year -- even if you didn’t like something the U.S. government had done two decades before.


Now, in today’s Iran, Ebtekar is seen as a moderate, and her appointment is proof to some that the new president intends to steer a different course both domestically and internationally from his nutty, Holocaust-denying predecessor, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
Perhaps so. Consider this, from my colleagues Ramin Mostaghim and Carol J. Williams:
On Monday, Rouhani urged his new Cabinet members to open personal pages on Facebook to be more accessible to the populace -- an about-face from the Tehran regime’s previous efforts to limit Iranians’ access to social media.
Wow. If you’re on Facebook, does this mean we can all be “friends”?
I’d like to think so. But part of me hopes they have as much trouble navigating Facebook and its quirks as I do. And I hope they have just as many annoying “friends” who brag about their kids, their jobs and their vacations and who post endlessly about what coffee they drank that morning or how they need money to treat their sick dog.
Because somehow, I just can’t cheer the good fortune of someone who, 33 years ago, helped steal 444 days out of the lives of 52 innocent Americans

Do your job Corona-chan!

 

[Floop]

Nah, fuck that shit. I would still wear a mask.

 

[bippu_as_fuck_ls400]

For many younger people this is the first big thing that is going to kill all of us.

You must have missed all of the WW3 hype and panic last month.

 

[Sissy Galvez]

A huge majority of people have health insurance, a huge majority of people have sick days, and equating the US to China outside San Francisco is pretty stupid.

Yeah junk plans that wind up costing you $1400 for a coronavirus test. The kid who got tested in a Florida works for a medical device company who doesn’t offer insurance. He will have more bills from it too, nice surprise. People won’t go to the doctor because their health plans are shit and it will cost them money they don’t have.

I said people don’t have mandatory sick time as in the government doesn’t mandate paid sick leave like other 1st world countries do. Some states and cities have started to mandate paid sick leave. While many companies offer sick time many don’t and the amount of time offered varies. Most don’t offer 14 days to cover the course of this virus (even that won’t be enough).

I work for a Fortune 500 company, I have 3 paid sick days and I accrue them every month. I don’t get them at the start of the year.

 

[bigoogabaloogas]

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Nah, fuck that shit. I would still wear a mask.

"hosted by WHO"
They're not even trying to hide it

 

[MediocreMilt]

You must have missed all of the WW3 hype and panic last month.

Maybe by "younger people" they mean all those eight year olds who can't remember Swine Flu hysteria.

 

[HumanHive]

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Nah, fuck that shit. I would still wear a mask.

Just because you "feel fine" doesn't mean you're not infected or contagious. The basic idea that masks only prevent spread is sound, but if everyone wears a mask then everyone's capacity to spread an illness is reduced.

 

[Floop]

"hosted by WHO"
They're not even trying to hide it

What's the deal with WHO?

 

[ThatDumbPhilosopher]

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Nah, fuck that shit. I would still wear a mask.

Oh dear...Do they really work for the WHO ?
Didn't they heard of what a healty carrier is ?!
That's, like, one of the basics goddamnit.

 

[George Floyd Sneed]

What's the deal with WHO?

They’re a bunch of unaccountable jerkoffs who care more about making the third world feel good about themselves than the health of its citizens they supposedly serve.

 

[Floop]

Oh dear...Do they really work for the WHO ?
Didn't they heard of what a healty carrier is ‽
That's, like, one of the basics goddamnit.

Imagine being in China, paranoid of dying from Corona, going about your day wearing a mask, and then some fucking cracker comes along and says "You don't need that mask if you're not sick!"

 

[Feline Supremacist]

do what you want then.

I'm going to regardless but saying cats and dogs get Red Death is very exceptional, on par with Communist China's mass culling of pets.