Shanked Punt said:

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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/01/coronavirus-weaponised-way-to-be-openly-racist

Here is a great column in The Guardian today over how this virus is being used as an excuse for people to be openly racist. This would be the greatest tragedy of all of this.

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Dr Zhou had just arrived at Gatwick airport last week when a British couple physically recoiled as she entered a lift. "The woman looked at me, quickly turned to her husband and told him 'they should wear their masks'," she said. "They assumed I didn't understand English, that I was 'fresh off the boat' and that I probably had coronavirus." Humiliated, Zhou a scientist who was travelling from London to Slovenia stood in uncomfortable silence.
"I do give people the benefit of doubt because they're scared, but why can't they give me the benefit of doubt? Fear is no reason to be racist. Statistically, as a British citizen who hasn't been to China in two years, I have the same risk level as a white person."

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It's like they don't even care what racist means. There HAS to be a more appropriate word for what is happening here, but it probably wouldn't resonate with readers.

Perhaps people are being prejudiced?

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Here is a great column in The Guardian today over how this virus is being used as an excuse for people to be openly racist. This would be the greatest tragedy of all of this.

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That is total BS.

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So what? To ruin greater plans due to one's inability to tolerate trivial things is such a shame.

My friends are joking with me that they should quarantine me right now .

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Shanked Punt said:

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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/01/coronavirus-weaponised-way-to-be-openly-racist

Here is a great column in The Guardian today over how this virus is being used as an excuse for people to be openly racist. This would be the greatest tragedy of all of this.

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Dr Zhou had just arrived at Gatwick airport last week when a British couple physically recoiled as she entered a lift. "The woman looked at me, quickly turned to her husband and told him 'they should wear their masks'," she said. "They assumed I didn't understand English, that I was 'fresh off the boat' and that I probably had coronavirus." Humiliated, Zhou a scientist who was travelling from London to Slovenia stood in uncomfortable silence.
"I do give people the benefit of doubt because they're scared, but why can't they give me the benefit of doubt? Fear is no reason to be racist. Statistically, as a British citizen who hasn't been to China in two years, I have the same risk level as a white person."

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It's like they don't even care what racist means. There HAS to be a more appropriate word for what is happening here, but it probably wouldn't resonate with readers.

Perhaps people are being prejudiced?

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That's not racism. What would you call the response to opening great distance from someone sneezing alot during an epidemic passed that way?

What ever word that is you would use for that response, that is what that is more like in description. Just in a knee-jerk way.

Wrong

Which paper is being retracted? The one that said HIV was in coronavirus?

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aggietony2010 said:

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Shanked Punt said:

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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/01/coronavirus-weaponised-way-to-be-openly-racist

Here is a great column in The Guardian today over how this virus is being used as an excuse for people to be openly racist. This would be the greatest tragedy of all of this.

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Dr Zhou had just arrived at Gatwick airport last week when a British couple physically recoiled as she entered a lift. "The woman looked at me, quickly turned to her husband and told him 'they should wear their masks'," she said. "They assumed I didn't understand English, that I was 'fresh off the boat' and that I probably had coronavirus." Humiliated, Zhou a scientist who was travelling from London to Slovenia stood in uncomfortable silence.
"I do give people the benefit of doubt because they're scared, but why can't they give me the benefit of doubt? Fear is no reason to be racist. Statistically, as a British citizen who hasn't been to China in two years, I have the same risk level as a white person."

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Ah, yes, some justified profiling is worse than a few hundred dead and a potential pandemic. Sounds about right.

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There is zero justification for profiling somebody who appears to be of Chinese decent who hasn't even been to China in two years over this.

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That's what profiling is. I work with a lot of Chinese nationals and first gen Chinese-Americans. I know for a fact that their travels in December are typically to visit home in China. Add in the fact that the incident you described occured in an airport, and you're well on your way to having pretty solid circumstantial evidence that the person has been to China recently.

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Yes I automatically know where everyone I come across has been in the prior two year period.

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Yes, how could you know that?. Very activist correspondent reaction, that post was there saying racism. Fails to see `ordinary' people really only have external clues to go by on something like that.

How many people have contracted Type B flu this season? That thing is brutal, my 18 year old's turned into bronchitis and he's been down for 5 days.

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Shanked Punt said:

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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/01/coronavirus-weaponised-way-to-be-openly-racist

Here is a great column in The Guardian today over how this virus is being used as an excuse for people to be openly racist. This would be the greatest tragedy of all of this.

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Dr Zhou had just arrived at Gatwick airport last week when a British couple physically recoiled as she entered a lift. "The woman looked at me, quickly turned to her husband and told him 'they should wear their masks'," she said. "They assumed I didn't understand English, that I was 'fresh off the boat' and that I probably had coronavirus." Humiliated, Zhou a scientist who was travelling from London to Slovenia stood in uncomfortable silence.
"I do give people the benefit of doubt because they're scared, but why can't they give me the benefit of doubt? Fear is no reason to be racist. Statistically, as a British citizen who hasn't been to China in two years, I have the same risk level as a white person."

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Ah, yes, some justified profiling is worse than a few hundred dead and a potential pandemic. Sounds about right.

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There is zero justification for profiling somebody who appears to be of Chinese decent who hasn't even been to China in two years over this.

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They're in an airport during the busiest travel time of the year for Chinese nationals and have no way of knowing whether or not she has or has not been to China in the last two months let alone the last two years. Some natural caution is justified. People may not like it, but there is a justification for it. Is it painful to be on the receiving end? I'm sure it is! However to reflexively blame everyone else for a basic leap of logic is insane. I get that the chances are incredibly low that this Doctor would be a carrier. They're also much higher than if she were black, latino or white. So really the reflexive attempt at virtue signalling is unnecessary. We all know you think you're better than the rest of us.

Where Irish we need his expertise for whether this is legit

Edit found another article with a bit more info

foleyt said:

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Where Irish we need his expertise for whether this is legit

Edit found another article with a bit more info

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They need the American farmer more than ever if this is true. Lot of dead pigs last year, now a bunch of culled chickens up next.

Shanked Punt said:

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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/01/coronavirus-weaponised-way-to-be-openly-racist

Here is a great column in The Guardian today over how this virus is being used as an excuse for people to be openly racist. This would be the greatest tragedy of all of this.

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Dr Zhou had just arrived at Gatwick airport last week when a British couple physically recoiled as she entered a lift. "The woman looked at me, quickly turned to her husband and told him 'they should wear their masks'," she said. "They assumed I didn't understand English, that I was 'fresh off the boat' and that I probably had coronavirus." Humiliated, Zhou a scientist who was travelling from London to Slovenia stood in uncomfortable silence.
"I do give people the benefit of doubt because they're scared, but why can't they give me the benefit of doubt? Fear is no reason to be racist. Statistically, as a British citizen who hasn't been to China in two years, I have the same risk level as a white person."

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Dont care

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Can you decipher this for me pls? I don't mean translate the Chinese, just what am I supposed to get from it

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Just that 4chan mods are "quarantining" anyone who types Chinese as a joke.

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Can you decipher this for me pls? I don't mean translate the Chinese, just what am I supposed to get from it

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For those who cant read Communist:

foleyt said:

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Where Irish we need his expertise for whether this is legit

Edit found another article with a bit more info

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H5N1 is highly pathogenic for birds. Humans can contract it, but they need heavy exposure to the bird(s) alive or dead. Even then, it is not very common. It's not something I would personally be concerned about. Avian Influenza is everywhere and the Chinese appear to have handled this properly by culling the surrounding birds

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The meat inside is visible

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What in the hell?

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Thats what happens when you translate something into Chinese and then translate it back.

https://imgur.com/gallery/Ppfv8Mh

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Aggiebrewer said:

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Can you decipher this for me pls? I don't mean translate the Chinese, just what am I supposed to get from it

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For those who cant read Communist:

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A nothing burger!

Yes, the one from India. Read their rational in the last critic I posted in the 2nd long criticism post.