What's up with that?
Under state-run media,
China tends 2 keep
things on DL.
Hence, while protestors
went 2 streets in Hong Kong,
tRUmp was impeached
by Congress.
Oct, Nov, Dec + even Jan
@WHO didn't have data
on this coronavirus.
Hence, √ ur timeline
Statistics only begin on
1-22-2020👈
What's up with that?
Coronavirus
COVID-19
287,456 Cases
11,897 Deaths
93,617 Recovered
181,942 Active Cases
- 8,117 Serious Cases
- 173,825 Mild Cases
What happened 2 Oct, Nov, Dec #'s?
🤔
worldometers.info/coronavirus/
11-16-2019
"China's Plague Outbreak"
It's not the disease that's worisome;
it's the Chinese government's response to it.
😱
foreignpolicy.com/2019/11/16/chi…
China officially informed @WHO
about cases as required,
but only on Nov 13, 2019;
after reported by journalists
around world.
So Y the backwash
+ where's data?
COVID-19
coronavirus
foreignpolicy.com/2019/11/16/chi…
chYna + Russia
History of Bad Hygiene
Great Leap Forward
Mao Zedong
>1.5M rats killed.
Mid-20th Century
Soviets employed
10's of 1,000's of people
2 kill rodents + fleas
ALL w/out lasting success.
🤦♂️
COVID-19
coronavirus
foreignpolicy.com/2019/11/16/chi…
covering up 2003 SARS epidemic
even as it traveled 2
30 other nations,
denying spread of H5N1 influenza
in country 4 yrs,
+stifling SocMed accts of outbreaks;
fair amt of caution
+ skepticism merited."
COVID-19
foreignpolicy.com/2019/11/16/chi…
Is Diagnosed in China
11-13-2019
NYeT reports:
"Two cases of pneumonic plague,
a fatal + highly infectious illness
related 2 bubonic plague,
were diagnosed in Beijing."
Patients arrived Beijing
from Inner Mongolia.
Pub transpo?😱
nytimes.com/2019/11/13/wor…
instructed online news aggregators
in China
2 'block and control'
online discussion
related 2 news about plague,
according 2 directive
seen by The NYeT."
“Plague not most terrifying part.”
What’s scarier is info not being made public.”
archive.vn/N9P2p
Chinese officials
investigate cause of
pneumonia outbreak
in Wuhan
12-30-19
Chinese health authorities
said they r investigating
27 cases of
viral pneumonia
in central city of Wuhan
-7 critical
-18 stable
How many unreported?
reuters.com/article/us-chi…
11-13-19
In May, 👈🔥
Mongolian couple died
from bubonic plague
after eating raw kidney
of a marmot,
a local folk health remedy.
fox6now.com/2019/11/13/two…
3 Cases
Of The Most Dangerous Type Of Plague
11-18-2019
Nov 16,
authorities diagnosed 3rd case
of pneumonic plague.
Man, age 55,
also from Inner Mongolia👈
tho authorities said
his case was not related
in any way 2 couple.
npr.org/sections/goats…
Coronavirus kills
Chinese
whistleblower doctor
2-7-2020
Dr Li,
👁️ophthalmologist👁️,
posted his story on Weibo
from a hospital bed
mo. after sending out
his initial warning
12-20-19.
Contracted virus while wrkng at WCH
bbc.com/news/world-asi…
flooded Chinese SocMed site
when news of Dr Li's death broke
"Wuhan govt owes
Dr Li Wenliang
apology"
"We want
freedom of speech"
"Do not forget
how u feel now.
Do not forget this anger.
We must not let this happen again"
bbc.com/news/world-asi…
🔥govt officials intervened🔥
"Global Times
said he had been given
treatment known as
ECMO (extra-corporeal membrane oxygenation)
which keeps person's heart pumping
+ keeps their blood oxygenated
w/out it going thru their lungs."
bbc.com/news/world-asi…
2-6-20
We deeply mourn the death
of #Wuhan doctor
Li Wenliang,
who unfortunately got infected
w novel #Coronavirus
while battling w the epidemic.
After all-effort rescue,
Li passed away on 2:58 am, Feb. 7.
https: //twitter.com/PDChina/status/1225513842807099394
Coronavirus
+
Coronary Failures
*odd
pierced thru anonymity
of hazmat suits+protective masks
as woman in full medical gear
chased black funeral van,
letting out faceless howl."
Inside
Liu Zhiming,
director/neurosurgeon
Wuchang Hospital, Wuhan
led inst’s
coronavirus response
latimes.com/world-nation/s…
Dr. Liu Zhiming
2 have died,
due 2 coronavirus
COVID-19
Liu’s wife,
Cai Liping,
nurse who had been
on front lines w him,
staggering forward,
arms outstretched,
watching as his corpse
was driven away
2B cremated.
youtube.com/watch?v=9GvkyK…
Chang Kai,
wrote fnl ltr
describing what happened
2 his family.
All 4 members were infected w virus
after being quarantined at home
in close quarters.
Chang’s father died 2-3-20.
His mother died Feb. 8.
Chang died 2-14-20
Liu, 2-14-20
<3
archive.vn/50p43
"Exhaustion is 1 reason
medical workers
have high vulnerability 2 infection,
said John Nicholls,
Hong Kong Univer pathologist
who worked on 2003 SARS outbreak
(he never saw deaths from overwork
during fight against SARS, though)."
archive.vn/50p43
COVID-19
outbreak has killed > 2,700
infected > 80,000 worldwide.
Chinese health authorities
+ team from @WHO reported
3,387 health workers in China
had been infected w COVID-19,
> 90% of whom were in Hubei province,
outbreak’s ground zero.
latimes.com/world-nation/s…
"Chinese Authorities
Admit Improper Response
To Coronavirus Whistleblower"
3-19-20
Li Wenliang,
whose early warnings about
coronavirus
earned him reprimand
from Chinese authorities,
is finally receiving justice
6 wks after death.
npr.org/sections/coron…
#BreakTheCurve
Since begin this thread,
coronavirus
COVID-19
case #'s
have changed.
287,456 Cases ==> 304,030
11,897 Deaths ==> 12,977
94,674 Recrvrd
181,942 Active Cases ==> 196,379
8,117 Serious Cases ==> 9,371
173,825 Mild Cases ==> 187,008
worldometers.info/coronavirus/
Are u staying at home
and away from folks
while you unroll + compile
threads?
COVID-19
coronavirus