I can't see Huawei smartphones being destroyed because of contamination fears..
I can't see Huawei smartphones being destroyed because of contamination fears..
I forgot I wanted to comment on this, from a few pages back. The media are a monster of 'our' own creation, they exist in the form they do because of the insatiable desire 'we' have for anything they find out. Whilst people still read and click and choose to engage with dubious media sources, then they are complicit in the activities of and condoning the morals that these news sources display. One can't read the DM (and the like) on one hand, and then bemoan how 'awful the media are' in so many respects.the media are vultures.
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They aren't - whilst people still read it, and thirst for their approach.
But if you take out the issues with demonization in political terms the rest is about things like health scares and celebs. I think most people who read a paper like this will be doing so to have a laugh at the daft things that go in the world or to see what outfit a celeb is wearing or who they are sleeping with. The side bar on the DM site is pure celeb stuff no matter what story you are reading.
It's only places like NMP where there are people afraid of some health issue. Most people read them and internally their dialogue is "the SM, at it again!".
The same as why people read left leaning papers. It doesn't mean they by into the nonsense The Guardian like to shoehorn in like 'Strictly Come Dancing is racist'.
But I do think the media need to be clamped down in when stirring things up. Especially anything political that may empower bigots.
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No they shouldn't and Chinese food here isn't Chinese food from a restaurant in the affected areas of China.
But I think people should be careful with certain terms because they are used as online weapons and used too easily in places like Twitter that have led to more annoyance and backlash because people are wrongly accused to shut down debate. A daft comment due to an irrational fear is a long way away from bigotry during a crisis and the subject was food not people.
Yes, it does all give bigots more reason to be vocal.
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'It was a wedding ring, destined to be found in a cheap hotel, lost in a kitchen sink, or thrown in a wishing well' - Marillion, Clutching at Straws, 1987
Just thought I would add a post about the realities of coronavirus..... the facts and not the scaremongering from the media and gossip
Any worries about coronavirus posted on this thread will still be moved to the coronavirus post in the misc forum....they are not for this post.
This post is not complete yet, i will continue to add information to it
What is Coronavirus??
A coronavirus is a type of virus. As a group, coronaviruses are common across the world. Typical symptoms of coronavirus include fever and a cough that may progress to a severe pneumonia causing shortness of breath and breathing difficulties.
Generally, coronavirus can cause more severe symptoms in people with weakened immune systems, older people, and those with long-term conditions like diabetes, cancer and chronic lung disease.
Novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is a new strain of coronavirus first identified in Wuhan City, China.
Corona Virus in numbers…..
Worldwide!
There are 75,77,130,400 people in the world
There have been 69,289 cases of corona virus in the world
That means 0.000914449090119922% of the worlds population have been diagnosed with corona virus
There have been 1,671 deaths from Corona virus worldwide…
That is 0.00002205320367721268% of people who have died worldwide
In China..
There are 1439323776 people in china
There has been 68,509 cases of coronavirus in China
That means only 0.00000475980464870747% of people in china have been diagnosed
There have been 1666 corona virus deaths in China
That is only 0.00011574880008096246% of the entire population of China
UK
There are 67754718 people in the uk
There have been 9 people in England have tested positive for coronavirus
0.000013283207820302638 % of people in the UK have been diagnosed with corona virus
There have been 0 deaths in the UK due to Corona virus
That is 0.0000 recuring % of the uk population who have died in the uk
USA
There are 330,287,711 people in the United states
There have been 15 people diagnosed with coronavirus in USA
That is 0.00000454149503612624 of all the people in the USA
There have been 0 deaths in the USA due to coronavirus
That is 0.0000 recuring % of the uk population who have died in the USA
The important numbers for people in the UK ......
99.9999867168% of people in the UK have NOT been diagnosed with coronavirus
100% of people in the UK have not died from coronavirus
The important numbers for people in the USA.......
99.9999954585% of the entire population have NOT been diagnosed with coronavirus
100% of people in the UK have not died from coronavirus
The important numbers for China
99.9999952402% of the population of China have NOT been diagnosed with coronavirus
99.9998842512% of the population of China have NOT died of coronavirus
The important numbers worldwide.....
99.9990855509% of people worldwide have NOT been diagnosed with coronavirus
99.9999779468% of people worldwide have NOT died from coronavirus
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