Coronavirus: Talk About It Here, Please

Crescent-Zephyr · **Joined:** Wed Jan 20, 2016 1:15 pm **Posts:** 1497

I saw a post on Facebook today that a major railroad is still planning a Thomas the tank engine event in May. That’s crazy. I certainly hope most organizations are not in that kind of denial.

I’m personally hoping Cumbres & Toltec can still have their Iron Horse Roundup.... honestly that’s questionable at this point. I certainly hope they take the high road and offer refunds to international guests who won’t be able to attend even if they do go on.

softwerkslex · **Posted:** Sun Mar 22, 2020 11:16 am

Alexander D. Mitchell IV wrote:

softwerkslex wrote:

On positive side, I am sure many of you have seen the news that Wuhan, China, has recorded multiple days without any new infections. Many of their temporary hospitals are closed, and medical staff are returning to their home cities. My colleagues in Bejing are returning to work.

Dissidents within China are reporting that this is blatant lying and "data manipulation". For example, if you don't "admit" someone to the hospital and leave them to die (supposedly going on big-time now), they don't count it as a "new case." Or counting new cases as "imported from elsewhere."

We'd check, except the Chinese have thrown out all the Western reporters covering the story, allegedly for "their own safety." You know, like they did before the slaughter at Tianamen Square in 1989.

Considering the source of the disease and their blatant efforts to cry "racism" for calling the disease "Wuhan" or "Chinese," I wouldn't trust anything the Chinese government says, about this or anything else, for a microsecond.

Relevance to this topic: Don't get complacent on the basis of Chinese statements.

Well, I don't agree, but we will know the truth soon enough. I have friends in China, and our European news agencies don't seem to have all these problems with China. It is always the American news agencies that get caught in fights. But I don't think it is the news agencies' fault, they are just caught in the political fight between the governments.

PaulWWoodring · **Posted:** Sun Mar 22, 2020 2:46 pm

Ohio just issued a stay-at-home order, effective at Midnight Monday. Doesn't sound like it will be criminally enforced, and there will be rather large loopholes in it that will allow one to get necessary errands run, as long as one uses common sense.

Loco112 · **Posted:** Sun Mar 22, 2020 6:45 pm

Alexander D. Mitchell IV wrote:

softwerkslex wrote:

On positive side, I am sure many of you have seen the news that Wuhan, China, has recorded multiple days without any new infections. Many of their temporary hospitals are closed, and medical staff are returning to their home cities. My colleagues in Bejing are returning to work.

Dissidents within China are reporting that this is blatant lying and "data manipulation". For example, if you don't "admit" someone to the hospital and leave them to die (supposedly going on big-time now), they don't count it as a "new case." Or counting new cases as "imported from elsewhere."

We'd check, except the Chinese have thrown out all the Western reporters covering the story, allegedly for "their own safety." You know, like they did before the slaughter at Tianamen Square in 1989.

Considering the source of the disease and their blatant efforts to cry "racism" for calling the disease "Wuhan" or "Chinese," I wouldn't trust anything the Chinese government says, about this or anything else, for a microsecond.

Relevance to this topic: Don't get complacent on the basis of Chinese statements.