Opinion: Coronavirus: what Xi fears most is Chinese turning on the Communist Party

The South China Morning Post ^ | February 8, 2020 | by Wang Xiangwei

[Oldeconomybuyer]

Back on January 21 last year, Chinese President Xi Jinping told a gathering of senior officials that they must be on guard against “black swans” and “grey rhinos” which could threaten the rule of the Communist Party amid a slowing economy.

One year later, Xi’s wildlife metaphors about the dangers facing the country have proved prophetic on a more literal level.

Scientists and medical experts have pinned down bats as the probable source of the coronavirus outbreak originating from a wet market which has stalls for trading wildlife animals in Wuhan of Hubei province.

The country’s current public health crisis could threaten the party’s rule and erode the people’s trust in the authoritarian centralised system which the Chinese leaders have been plugging as the be all and end all for building up the country into the second-largest economy in the world.

It is not hard to imagine that when the outbreak is contained, the Chinese leadership will again hail the wisdom of the authoritarian model as the key to mobilising national resources to defeat the “devil” virus. Local officials in Hubei would take the blame and be punished for their slow response to the outbreak and failure to implement measures by the central government in Beijing. Just like what happened in the aftermath of the Sars outbreak more than 17 years ago.

But this time round, restoring people’s trust and confidence in the party’s “system and capacity for governance” will be a lot harder.

[Uncle Miltie]

You can defeat cameras like Sherlock Holmes did: Dress like a homeless guy. Head down, scraggly hat, “beard”, sunglasses, a grocery cart for carrying “things” that might attract attention, limping, etc. The homeless are invisible. Prepare your thinking.

[stuck_in_new_orleans]

This author lives in China??? Seems dangerous to write like this and live there

[PIF]

But this time round, restoring people’s trust and confidence in the party’s “system and capacity for governance” will be a lot harder.

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Since the Wusan flu numbers have already passed the SARAS numbers after only 2 months.

[gandalftb]

There are two basic issues that control lethality.
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1. Susceptibility, how available are certain people to this virus?
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2. Impairment, when people get sick, how good are their bodies at getting better?
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Everyone though, can get sick.
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Although the sample size is very small for now, researchers have noticed that certain kinds of lung cells are “gateways” for the virus.
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Those small minority (about 3%) of lung cells are 3-4 times more prevalent in Asian males than they are in Asian females or male/female whites and blacks. There may be a linkage to blood pressure meds also.
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Pack those Asian males together, with some of them being very mobile, bingo, epidemic and possible pandemic.
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Impairment of self-healing is an issue. Smoking doesn’t appear to be a major factor. Age is, and heart/lung background problems are present in nearly all deaths.
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The virus is easily killed outside the host, particularly by air temperature or antiseptic chemicals. Summer is coming. Fumigation is happening.
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Once the available population is either healed or dead, the virus will disappear. Although it is showing a remarkable ability to mutate.

[Grampa Dave]

Chinese government thinks they have too many adult males because of their one child policy. So they invented a virus that attacks unhealthy people and men 50% more often than women. This will cull the herd of men, bring the population in line. Since men are more likely to participate in violent protests, the government reduces that threat as well.

Smoking over time damages the lungs of most smokers and makes them more susceptible to respiratory infections.

www.cdc.gov
Smoking and Respiratory Diseases - CDC

Smoking makes chronic lung diseases more severe; and increases the risk for respiratory infections. Genetic factors make some people more susceptible to lung disease from smoking. ... After years of exposure to cigarette smoke, lung tissue becomes scarred, loses its elasticity, and can no longer exchange air efficiently.

What % of Chinese males over 50 are big time smokers?

[elbook]

RUNNING DOG Chinese leaders have ALWAYS feared having their throats slit late in the night.

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Free The Chinese !!!

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