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Thread: “Is it as bad as western media painted?”—had to repeatedly answer this coronavirus question at parties.

The short answer: from what I saw few US media have scraped the surface of this humanitarian crisis. It’s A LOT WORSE than reported, not just b/c of the virus but...
...also how China is mobilized to address this problem. The popular comparison between flu and coronavirus is problematic and incorrect. And Americans shouldn’t spend time focusing on “is the coronavirus that bad?”, instead, the real questions are:
1. Can the country’s medical system handle an outbreak this size?
2. Can ppl in poverty be covered for such epidemic? If not, how can we help?
3. Can the country handle the rumors and fake news during an outbreak?
4. Will minority groups be targeted & blamed for the outbreak?
Think about these questions. Think really hard. Then you can try to answer the question yourself: is coronavirus as bad as media reported?
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