Face Masks : Asia may have been right all along

Government officials were asking the public not to wear masks. However, they are not that sure if that was all correct right now. Countries like Austria have started to make masks compulsory in public area.

The CDC, and the WHO claimed that masks do not offer protection in ordinary circumstances, while stating that they are necessary for health workers and caregivers. This conflicting advice helped create confusion and the advice may have actually helped spread the virus, thus adding to the number of patients, overwhelming hospitals globally.

An expert from UC Berkeley noted that despite hearing that face masks ‘don’t work,’ there is no strong evidence to support that claim.

In fact, evidence of the exact opposite is present: that masks help prevent viral infections like the current pandemic. The fact that the virus can spread through asymptomatic patients further warrants wearing a mask. Be it a homemade one or a medical-grade respirator, wearing one will not hurt you, and thus will most likely reduce your exposure to the virus.

Taiwan has made measures to ensure that everyone has a mask. They have also adopted stricter measures in containing the virus well ahead of all other countries. Due to these actions, they have seen great success in preventing major outbreaks.

Similarly, in Hong Kong, wearing a mask is probably the most important thing in terms of infection control.

In late January, when the outbreak got serious in China, people were queuing for masks in Hong Kong. You can see almost everybody in Hong Kong wearing a mask, despite the government discouraging citizens from wearing it.

Based on the statistics from studies done in Hong Kong, wearing a mask not only prevents the spread of the #coronavirus, but it also curbs the spread of influenza.

#Coronavirus #WearMask #WuHanFlu
#WuhanPneumonia #WearingMasks

Original article:
https://7news.com.au/lifestyle/health-wellbeing/coronavirus-update-asia-may-have-been-right-all-along-about-coronavirus-and-face-masks-c-948214
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Further reading :
Austria makes masks compulsory as protection debate shifts
https://www.ft.com/content/f68f3063-5024-4654-9389-bcc7ee1efd8e

#WuhanPneumonia #CoronavirusPandemic
Swedish Newspaper Condemns China’s misinformation and manipulation of data, calling the pandemic a “Jin-ping Coronavirus”

On March 30, Swedish newspaper Dagens Industri published an article written by independent journalist Johan Nylander. The article discusses that the general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party Xi Jinping should be held responsible for the global coronavirus pandemic, as the Chinese government manipulated data and disseminated misinformation about the “origin of the virus”.

The article was published with an image where Xi’s face was overlaid onto a Coronavirus cell, referring it to the “Jin-ping Coronavirus”.

In response, the Chinese Embassy in Sweden criticized the Swedish media and the author for "despising science".

Source: RFI #Apr4

#Newspaper

China’s coronavirus conspiracy: Wuhan residents tell of chilling death toll clue

//“It can’t be right ... because the incinerators have been working round the clock, so how can so few people have died?”

//Some people estimate 46,800 COVID-19 victims will have been cremated, based on the capacity of the funeral homes.

//“The official number of deaths was 2,500 people ... but before the epidemic began, the city’s crematoriums typically cremated around 220 people a day,” Aizhen said.

//Residents say city officials have been buying their silence with 3,000 yuan ($685) cash handouts in “funeral allowances” to make sure cremations are completed by the grave-tending festival of Qing Ming on April 5.

//“It’s to stop them keening [a traditional expression of grief]; nobody’s allowed to keen after Qing Ming has passed,” Wuhan local Chen Yaohui said.

Source: 7News AU, (30-Mar)
https://bit.ly/39NLXWl
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Further reading:
Number of Urns may disclose the number of Deaths died of COVID-19 in Wuhan
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/19081

#Urns #Deaths #Wuhan #Hubei #ImportedCases #Coronavirus

#Newspaper

China hid extent of coronavirus outbreak, US intelligence reportedly says

//The Chinese government has deliberately underreported the total number of coronavirus cases and deaths in the country, the U.S. intelligence community told the White House

//China’s public tally of COVID-19 infections and deaths is purposefully incomplete.

//The secret report concludes that China’s numbers are fake, two of the officials said, Bloomberg reported

Source: CNBC, (1-Apr)
https://cnb.cx/2Vh69e2

Further reading:
China Concealed Extent of Virus Outbreak, U.S. Intelligence Says
https://bloom.bg/39NNgEJ

#Coronavirus #ChinaLiedPeopleDied #Deaths

The Truth About Living in China

Two well-known YouTubers who had been traveling around China reveal how it is like to live in China - not as a tourist but as 'foreigners' settling down in China.

Being a tourist, their life in China in the past was like having a great party, whereas living in China is full of bitterness - foreigners are always seen as outlier by the China government and the system. One cannot just has party for all his life. Eventually, China has become not only an unpleasant, but also a dangerous place for them to stay. With deep understanding of the Chinese society and culture, the two YouTubers share their experiences in China in details, reflecting on the current Chinese society and China government.

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https://youtu.be/kDV4s9c9sfQ

Further reading:
Is China the most Racist country in the world?
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/19068

#Racism #Xenophobia #SelfCensorship #WhiteTerror #CCP

#Newspaper

China Isn’t Helping Italy. It’s Waging Information Warfare

//Italy is an ideal outpost for China’s wide-reaching propaganda effort to cover up its own responsibility for the global spread of the new coronavirus, all the while presenting itself as a compassionate power aiding Western countries in need.

//The government has been pursuing a two-pronged strategy that carefully combines sending medical supplies to assert its relevance in a leaderless world—call it mask diplomacy—while at the same time spreading conspiracy theories to conceal the true origin of the virus. In this “global battle of narratives,”

//it’s also led by a government coalition that includes the Five Star Movement, a Euroskeptic and increasingly pro-Chinese party that has for years relentlessly promoted a stronger relationship with Beijing while downplaying the traditional trans-Atlantic alliance and fueling suspicion toward NATO

//Recently, China’s state media outlets suggested the new coronavirus originated in Italy, not in Wuhan, by shrewdly twisting the words of the Italian physician Giuseppe Remuzzi

//it was part of a commercial deal formalized a few days before in a phone call between the foreign ministers of China and Italy, Luigi di Maio and Wang Yi. Italy was buying medical equipment from China, but the government took advantage of a parallel donation made by China’s Red Cross to make it look like an instance of its “politics of generosity.”

//selectively praising China’s generous efforts while downplaying the belated solidarity coming from EU members

//If the Chinese government knew [about the virus] and didn’t tell it publicly, it committed a crime against humanity

//The Five Star Movement has long been a hotbed for conspiracy theories and fake news

//France and Germany combined have now donated more masks to Italy than China, and Austria contributed 1.6 million more. German hospitals are taking care of some patients from Italy, while France donated 200,000 protective suits.

Source: FP, (31-Mar)
https://bit.ly/3bVxn08

Further reading:
Italy is ranked as the country with the most rapid spread of Covid-19 outside of China.
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/19303

#Italy #China #ChinesePropaganda #France #Germany #Austria #Masks #Donation #OneBeltOneRoad #MaskDiplomacy