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King'sPawn said:
1) Someone who claims to be a doctor in the field but won't post credentials are sketchy at best.
2) It broke out 6 months ago bit people are dying now?
3) telling people it's a hoax will only raise the danger
4) blaming it on unsanitary Chinese people only builds xenophobia and is untrue
5) calling this an effort to tank Trump's economy is perhaps the most offensive take

I'm seriously considering reporting anyone posting further falsehoods just because the misinformation being spread can literally kill people.
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I agree with everything you said, except#4. This did start in Wuhan and everything points to it being the result of the conditions in the wet markets there.

From the UK Telegraph:

How did the outbreak start?

The source of the coronavirus is believed to be a "wet market" in Wuhan which sold both dead and live animals including fish and birds.

Such markets pose a heightened risk of viruses jumping from animals to humans because hygiene standards are difficult to maintain if live animals are being kept and butchered on site. Typically, they are also densely packed.

The animal source of the latest outbreak has not yet been identified, but the original host is thought to be bats. Bats were not sold at the Wuhan market but may have infected live chickens or other animals sold there.

Bats are host to a wide range of zoonotic viruses including Ebola, HIV and rabies.

What is coronavirus, how did it start and could the outbreak grow bigger?
 
HeadInjury said:
I agree with everything you said, except#4. This did start in Wuhan and everything points to it being the result of the conditions in the wet markets there.

From the UK Telegraph:

How did the outbreak start?

The source of the coronavirus is believed to be a "wet market" in Wuhan which sold both dead and live animals including fish and birds.

Such markets pose a heightened risk of viruses jumping from animals to humans because hygiene standards are difficult to maintain if live animals are being kept and butchered on site. Typically, they are also densely packed.

The animal source of the latest outbreak has not yet been identified, but the original host is thought to be bats. Bats were not sold at the Wuhan market but may have infected live chickens or other animals sold there.

Bats are host to a wide range of zoonotic viruses including Ebola, HIV and rabies.

What is coronavirus, how did it start and could the outbreak grow bigger?
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While the origin was confirmed, the cause is speculative and thus inflammatory and dangerous.
 
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HeadInjury said:
I agree with everything you said, except#4. This did start in Wuhan and everything points to it being the result of the conditions in the wet markets there.

From the UK Telegraph:

How did the outbreak start?

The source of the coronavirus is believed to be a "wet market" in Wuhan which sold both dead and live animals including fish and birds.

Such markets pose a heightened risk of viruses jumping from animals to humans because hygiene standards are difficult to maintain if live animals are being kept and butchered on site. Typically, they are also densely packed.

The animal source of the latest outbreak has not yet been identified, but the original host is thought to be bats. Bats were not sold at the Wuhan market but may have infected live chickens or other animals sold there.

Bats are host to a wide range of zoonotic viruses including Ebola, HIV and rabies.

What is coronavirus, how did it start and could the outbreak grow bigger?
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I'll point out that demand for cheap agricultural and meat products from western markets (mainly the US) is a huge driver of the why these markets are the way they are. There obviously should be pressure on China to improve hygiene in food production, but we also have to look at the pressure we're applying as consumers.
 
The new conspiracy....:sarcasm: written in 1981
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BringTheReign said:
I'll point out that demand for cheap agricultural and meat products from western markets (mainly the US) is a huge driver of the why these markets are the way they are. There obviously should be pressure on China to improve hygiene in food production, but we also have to look at the pressure we're applying as consumers.
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have you seen the videos of them pulling slop out of sewer pipes and turning it into cooking oil?
 
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kilowatt said:
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Kilowatt with the win.

I dont think this has anything to do with pressure from the west. This is a country so filled to the brim with people that they've resorted to eating what most would consider non food animals that normally make you sick and they've have had little interaction with the government on their food regulations. They pull this shit glop out of the ground in broad daylight and load it into a van without anyone batting an eye, AND, the people doing this think it's A ok! I mean I've seen the videos of people walking past little kids run over by cars in the street in China and intentionally spreading coronavirus by sitting on elevator buttons. Culturally it's just very different. And dont get me started on whether this is a man made virus or not!
 
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Peter James Bond II said:
I think it's interesting that the college defensemen - Walker, Roy and Anderson, seem to be able to adapt better, than the CHL defensemen (even at the AHL level) Clague, Durzi, Strand (all of them, you hear they really need to work on their zone play and defense) ...although LaDue was sporadic. I think his issue was not so much skill and pace, but confidence and not being abrasive / intense enough. I suppose this is kind of nutshelling it, but the college defensemen seem to adapt to structure and pro play.

Martinez adapted very quickly too. Walker was a college free agent and Roy was a 7th round pick, and yet they are now excelling in the NHL. Hopefully, Hults signs and quickly adapts to pro game in Ontario next year.
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Keep in mind the age of the players they are competing against in college. While you might have people going back to the CHL for their over-age season at 20 to 21 years of age, you can have guys in the NCAA at 22 to 24 years old that they have to compete with on a regular basis.

Their games are also spaced out in the schedule so that they can devote a lot of time in the weight room to focus on physical training. That also allows the coaches to provide players more time on the ice for skill development rather than just endless repetitions of system drills.

Of course the downside to all that is that the player can use the CBA clause to leave school, refuse to sign with the team holding their draft rights, and become a UFA to sign with whoever they want -- like in the case of Cal Petersen and Blake Wheeler as examples.
 
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