The World Health Organization officially declared a global emergency in regards to the deadly coronavirus sweeping through east-Asia, and now leaders around the world must act to keep their citizens from being infected.
Over 10,000 cases of the virus have been reported, and seeing that China is well-known for censorship, it’s likely that those numbers are massively underreported.
CNN reports that 62 countries have implemented some form of immigration control on Chinese citizens, as the deadly coronavirus has spread from Wuhan around the world.
Six countries have tightened visa rules for Chinese citizens, four have restricted Chinese citizens’ entry into their countries, and five have launched restrictive measures on anyone from Hubei or with recent travel history to the province, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said.
Forty-seven countries have required Chinese citizens to undergo temperature checks and submit health declarations, according to the Ministry.
Of course, like everything, the issue of deadly diseases being spread has become political. Liberal outlets like VICE have rushed to the aid of the Chinese people, calling anyone criticizing their eating habits as “xenophobic”.
Seriously. VICE compared E. coli from lettuce to literally eating a dog.
When the CDC recalls lettuce, nobody goes to videos of white women eating salad to say, “Maybe this girl is already dead because of E. coli.”
The reason nobody talks about Becky eating lettuce is because EVERYONE EATS LETTUCE. That’s a bit different from eating dogs, or “rats” or “hedgehogs”, or whatever else is listed in the article… I’ll just include the clip that matters:
The suspected source of the virus, per the Journal, was “a cluster of vendors” at a Wuhan wet market, who sold “carcasses and live specimens of dozens of wild animals—from bamboo rats to ostriches, baby crocodiles and hedgehogs.” No doubt because of the framing of these reports on wet markets, where people buy animals outside the pork-chicken-cow trifecta deemed “normal” by most Americans, many Westerners are blaming the Chinese—and specifically, their eating habits—for the coronavirus surge…
And this racism obviously goes far beyond food. In recent weeks, a Japanese store owner tried to ban Chinese tourists from entering his store; an 8-year-old in a face mask in Washington was racially stereotyped by a Costco employee who feared he’d come from China; a group of parents in a Toronto suburb with a high Chinese population made a petition asking families who’d recently traveled to China to quarantine themselves.
China is dealing with a deadly virus that the World Health Organization has called a global emergency. Naturally, people do not want to take any chances on their health, and the health and wellness of their families and employees. While it may not seem super nice to keep people out based on where they are from, sometimes it can keep you alive.
You know how many people are going to get sick from the coronavirus if they aren’t exposed to the population spreading it? Zero. If the virus is contained, it won’t spread.
We’ve already had our first official case of the virus here in the U.S., and guess where it came from… CHINA! If we want more people to get the virus, we will continue to allow folks to travel to and from China. Doctors have declared that the virus can be spread without signs of symptoms, so continuing to allow people to travel from China only puts Americans at risk.
The following countries have already stopped allowing Chinese nationals in:
- Mongolia: Closed China border crossings
- Philippines: Halted visas on arrival for Chinese nationals
- Hong Kong: Closing direct trains and ferries; closing some border crossings; Beijing to halt individual visitor permits starting Jan. 30
- Kazakhstan: Closed all transport links and stopped visa issuance to Chinese nationals
- Macau: Suspended individual visitors from mainland China; suspended ferries to Hong Kong
- Nepal: Sealed border with China for two weeks from Jan. 29
- North Korea: Closed its borders to all foreign tourists
- Russia: Banned Chinese tour groups, closed Far Eastern borders; suspends e-visas for Chinese nationals
- Taiwan: Barred entry to most Chinese nationals
- Vietnam: Closed border crossing at Lao Cai to Chinese tourists; visas on arrival suspended for mainland China, Macau, and Hong Kong residents
The United States needs to follow suit. President Trump has already issued travel bans to numerous countries for other reasons in the name of protecting our nation. Adding China to the list temporarily may strain relations, but it would keep Americans safe.
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