COVID-19 consequenses to China

[aygart]

There is much talk about how China (and WHO) needs to be held accountable. Their trickery has caused 50,000 deaths and counting besides the pain and suffering and economic losses. China does need to be held accountable and should really be on the hook to pay for the monetary costs of all this. The big question is how?

[Lurker]

Massive sanctions and tariffs by every country on earth. China's power comes from their exports. Hit em where it hurts. Make them as relevant as the Philippines.

[aygart]

Massive sanctions and tariffs by every country on earth. China's power comes from their exports. Hit em where it hurts. Make them as relevant as the Philippines.

Is everyone prepared for the high prices that come along with that? That is what happened with the Trump tariffs. Tariffs are not paid by the producers but by the customers.

[Lurker]

Is everyone prepared for the high prices that come along with that? That is what happened with the Trump tariffs. Tariffs are not paid by the producers but by the customers.

It depends on how much the global community wants to make China pay. I think we'll be seeing a big push to nationalize certain manufacturing industries in order to get this kickstarted.

[Yehuda57]

(and WHO)

This is a different thread. If the case can be made clearly, and it can, that their political games cost thousands of lives, every affected country should stop funding them.

[aygart]

This is a different thread. If the case can be made clearly, and it can, that their political games cost thousands of lives, every affected country should stop funding them.

Yes, that is the simplest aspect (until you bring the Dems to the table)

[yelped]

This is a different thread. If the case can be made clearly, and it can, that their political games cost thousands of lives, every affected country should stop funding them.

100%. BH we have made some progress to bring awareness of the corruptedness of the UN, but we need just stop this garbage full stop right now.

[aygart]

https://www.cotton.senate.gov/?p=press_release&id=1348

[zale]

If Trump wins 2020 I see a big push to bring manufacturing back home and removal of any tax benefits or serious taxes/tariffs for those who refuse.

The PPE shortage is a DIRECT RESULT of outside manufacturing. We can't help ourselves in an emergency and we ought to be ashamed of that.

[aygart]

https://spectator.us/italy-china-ppe-sold-coronavirus/

[CountValentine]

The PPE shortage is a DIRECT RESULT of outside manufacturing. We can't help ourselves in an emergency and we ought to be ashamed of that.

When you see Russia and China sending us medical equipment to protect our own hopefully an alarm will go off. It is like we became a third world country.

[SamCan]

When you see Russia and China sending us medical equipment to protect our own hopefully an alarm will go off. It is like we became a third world country.

Canada is also way short in supplies, and so are many countries run by left and right governments, it’s not Trump that’s the problem it’s government. If Trump would have said in Jan that we need to ramp up production there would have been complaints the other way.

[Ergel]

Canada is also way short in supplies, and so are many countries run by left and right governments, it’s not Trump that’s the problem it’s government. If Trump would have said in Jan that we need to ramp up production there would have been complaints the other way.

Who said anything about Trump?

[CountValentine]

Who said anything about Trump?

You can be sure I will get blamed for it.

[yochiek93]

You can be sure I will get blamed for it.

would you have it any other way?

[CountValentine]

would you have it any other way?

Doesn't matter to me.

Now what would matter to me is a world effort to get China to close all wet markets.

[Yehuda57]

Doesn't matter to me.

Now what would matter to me is a world effort to get China to close all wet markets.

You're a betting man, how much would you put on the virus originating at a wet market vs a Chinese lab?

[RewardsAddict]

You're a betting man, how much would you put on the virus originating at a wet market vs a Chinese lab?

One of the theories actually are that the lab released an infected bat to the wet market...

[Yehuda57]

My prediction: a little after a vaccine is made available, they will announce the source of the virus was from a Chinese lab where proper procedures weren't followed, and China then worked to cover it up while the WHO just repeated China's claims.

Nothing drastic will happen and no one will care anymore.

[CountValentine]

You're a betting man, how much would you put on the virus originating at a wet market vs a Chinese lab?

I would put the odds at 50/50.