The US is asking other countries including China for everything from hand sanitizer to ventilators

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  1. s002wjh

    s002wjh Well-Known Member

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    talking about irony, trump just blast China few days ago, now he is asking China to help. I know china has sending millions upon millions mask and other medical supply to EU and other countries, but so far i only heard some chinese billionaire sending mask, med supplies, and test kit to US. China is making a killing profit in mask making right now, its like printing money, according to some Mask factory. well consider china making 75% mask and other medical supplies before cov19, i would thought trump would play smart and blame them later after the crisis is over.


    https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/25/politics/us-global-appeal-corona-supplies/index.html
     
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    3/4 C Rubbing alcohol, 1/4 C aloe vera gel, and 10 drops tea tree oil...... Hand sanitizer. Share with your friends. Got it from my local news this morning on the radio
     
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    Well it is their virus.
     
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    s002wjh Well-Known Member

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    dont think virus care its china virus or other country virus. all it matter who can stop/slow down it.
     
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    Creasy Tvedt Well-Known Member

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    We conservative patriots tried to warn you about the dangers of globalism, but you just wouldn't listen.

    Are you listening now?
     
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    True.

    But they do have a hand it how they communicated it to the world, seems it was less that it could have been. They very possibly made it worse for the world. They can provide help now, it's the right thing to do.
     
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    I guess we better not import needed medical supplies, because that would be globalism
     
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    Creasy Tvedt Well-Known Member

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    No, the point is, we should’ve been making our own medical supplies.

    That’s self sufficiency.

    Are you listening now?
     
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    Yes, and that's actually part of the problem, we had the option to use testing kits from the World Health Organization, but instead we chose to manufacture our own kits, postponing necessary medical testing for months, which ultimately is a major factor for why the US has done a worse job than any other country in the world at containing this virus

    ..and now we really should be increasing imports of medical supplies from foreign countries, instead of postponing containment and treatment even more than we already have
     
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    ~ I doubt that they are ... :no:
     
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    ~ Wrong. China has done the worse job. They also stayed silent while the virus spread throughout Europe. For the size of U.S. population we are doing well in stopping the spread of Coronavirus.
     
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    Just to be clear, "globalism" does not include import whiskey right? Cause...well no offense America but the Irish make the best whiskey in the world and we need to keep importing it :)
     
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    Tried to find that at my local store. No joy.
     
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    Where does one buy tea tree oil, whatever that is?
     
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    Funny thing about labeling. In this case, COVID-19 did start in China, but the 1918 Spanish flu that killed 50 million people didn't start in Spain, it started in a military base in Kansas, so why isn't it referred to as the Kansas flu? Hmmm ...
     
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    Where did the WHO get the test kits from and do you have a link? Also please tell us how it delayed testing for "months". I am curious about the math on that one.
     
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    You really believe China's numbers?

    Stacks of Urns in Wuhan Prompt New Questions of Virus’s Toll
    The long lines and stacks of ash urns greeting family members of the dead at funeral homes in Wuhan are spurring questions about the true scale of coronavirus casualties at the epicenter of the outbreak, renewing pressure on a Chinese government struggling to control its containment narrative.

    The families of those who succumbed to the virus in the central Chinese city, where the disease first emerged in December, were allowed to pick up their cremated ashes at eight local funeral homes starting this week. As they did, photos circulated on Chinese social media of thousands of urns being ferried in.

    Outside one funeral home, trucks shipped in about 2,500 urns on both Wednesday and Thursday, according to Chinese media outlet Caixin. Another picture published by Caixin showed 3,500 urns stacked on the ground inside.

    https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...in-wuhan-prompt-new-questions-of-virus-s-toll
     
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    I thought the only whiskey in the world was Irish. The rest is just parts cleaner in a jug disguised as whiskey.
     
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    I have a huge stash of Irish Whiskey. I did not stock up on much during this but I did on whiskey! I's much rather run out of TP than whiskey!
     
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    I don't drink much whiskey anymore but what I do have is pretty good stuff. I break it out for special occasions. I do have one bottle of a special blend that I am saving that a friend bought for me at the Jameson distillery in Ireland. We are going to drink it together after this pandemic is over.
     
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    ~ Nobody seems to be sure where it started - but it festered and killed in Spain. Hence the title.

    ( most folks really don't care )
     
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    One of the primary platform positions for Republicans since Alan Greenspan, is that the government should stay out of business and eliminate regulations. There was the illusion of market discipline, which even Henry Paulson admitted to be a failure. That concept led to dark markets and the 2008 crash. And that same platform led to globalism.

    This has never been a "liberal" issue except from the other side. UNIONS tried to protect American jobs. And the right wing decimated the unions.
     
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    You can get it at the drug store. :)
     
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    There are over 170 sovereign countries with confirmed cases of the coronvirus, out of which the US ranks 18th overall in number of cases per capita, and that number is continuing to grow faster than any other country. In fact our per capita outbreak is over 53 times higher than Mexico's. The US has absolutely not been doing well in stopping the spread of the virus in proportion to our overall population. That is an incredibly inaccurate observation
     
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    The USA has long put itself behind the globalism 8-ball, asked for tribulation, and got it.
     
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