Second Pandemic

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  1. ImperialNero

    ImperialNero Well-Known Member

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  2. UnGrave

    UnGrave ななひ~^^

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    Bubonic has been around and active for a long time. We know how to deal with it so there's nothing to worry about.
     
  3. 0000000

    0000000 I B SMILING!

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    Meh, it is 2020, now am waiting for Greenland to happen IRL or alien invasion or multiverse collapsing which results in Scion, Thanos and Darkseid deciding to buttfuck Earth.
     
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    ImperialNero Well-Known Member

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    Nah man, im just waiting for monster to come out of some sort of dimensional gate and superpower awakening instead
     
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    BigBadBoi Well-Known Member

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    Don't forget the ticks, avian flu that only targets ducks (ducks they were supposed to use to get rid of a massive locust swarm), swine flu, banks failing, fake gold, citizens only allowed to withdraw 1000 yuan, deliberate flooding in agriculture sectors, etc.. I wonder which and how many deities China pissed off?
     
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    Along the line of thinking that monopolies are not good for the market, we should be anticipating Covid 19 rival. :blobowoevil_horns:
     
  7. JinVodka

    JinVodka 「Back to Work Back to Suffering _(-ω-`_)⌒)_」

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    Sadly though, I heard CCP is destroying buddha statue on china province with all the catastrophe they are experiencing.
    Though they have history of destroying religion sites and murdering to falun gon practitioners. So there are too many to specify
     
  8. 0000000

    0000000 I B SMILING!

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    Heh, superpower awakening? How bold of you to expect anything good coming out of 2020?
    Going by the main religion in China which is Atheism, I'd say all of them.
     
  9. kuroAnsatsu

    kuroAnsatsu Realistically Stoic

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    I'm not even surprised if World War 3 happened in the near future.

    P.S. no politics talk, so please don't go down that road
     
  10. Meloman

    Meloman My dog is lazier than me

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    Well a belief in “nothing” is quite a powerful religion in itself... though judging by the amount of xanxia novels with MCs here and there becoming some sort of a god... mainstream literature is also a form of religion...
     
  11. 0000000

    0000000 I B SMILING!

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    Not planning to, just light hearted jabs here and there.

    Also, no making fun of religions, as fictional it may be to yourself, it happens to be an important aspect in someone's life.

    Yeah, though most of their belief is "My fate is in my hands (我命由我不由天)" and they ultimately becoming a god... kind of impressive yet somehow hypocritical at the same time. Meh, whatever that rubs the readers' balls I guess.
     
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  12. Estarossa

    Estarossa 《Master of Dessert》°Resurrected Ghoul°

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  13. pass1478

    pass1478 I'm in Despair!

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    Religion and politics.

    Hereb4lock.
     
  14. DocB

    DocB "I see you, little mouse! Run along"

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    tecnically, health and safety, so it won't be locked unless someone invites winnie the pooh to the conversation
    and bubonic plague in china is actually quite common
    source cdc
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  15. Anra7777

    Anra7777 All powerful magic grammar hamster queen pirate.

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    This is surprising to me. I know that a small number of people get the plague each year, but I thought that it was highly treatable and that the death rate was low. The fact that China is going is locking these villages down is concerning. Are the villagers getting adequate treatment? The article doesn’t say.
     
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    FranckOA Killer Klown From Outer Space

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    No need to bring deities here, everything done since the 60's-70's in China was done with a goal of a short/medium term industrial/economical boost, they reaaally skimped on long term planning, quality of life and environmental control.
    Beijing is one of the most polluted cities in the world nowadays (with massive smog, a lot of cancers, asthmia and pulmonary diseases), many of their rivers are full of heavy metals and industry rejects, they displaced a lot of animal species and populations with massive constructions and barrages, which moved along various illness, parasites, and stressed/unaclimated people around their massive territory.
    They massively increased population density and made huge dormitories of high density housing for displaced workers from all around their huge country (a perfect petri dish for epidemics).
    The sanitary conditions are usually ignored for economical efficiency (SRAS and COVID-19 could have been easily adverted or controlled quickly with an effective sanitary control of live animals markets for exemple), and there is regularly new food poisoning scandals (baby milk powder is the last one I remember well enough).

    So yeah, no need to bring deities here, short term sightness and human greed are more than enough.

    :blob_thor:
     
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  17. XIII

    XIII Well-Known Member

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    at this point , another pandemic doesn't really surprise me anymore. It's like, you kinda expected it but at the same time did not. But anyway, call me if a zombie pandemic really occurs. That way all those years being imaginative would finally have it's use.
     
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  18. Nyamsus

    Nyamsus Life is full of shit and we live in it

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    Based on my experience playing with plague Inc
    It's just a matter of time until switch get triggered and dead shall rise
     
  19. Sabruness

    Sabruness Cultured Yuri Connoisseur

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    It's highly treatable with several types of strong antibiotics, reducing the death rate to 10%. without prompt proper treatment, however, death rate is 30-100%.

    Considering this outbreak is out in the chinese version of the boonies, i doubt there's proper healthcare or sanitation or... anything. Dont be surprised if it potentially spreads into India or any of china's other neighbors.

    The chance of a real outbreak in any 1st world country is unlikely and even if an outbreak occurred, it's easily quashed.
     
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  20. Anra7777

    Anra7777 All powerful magic grammar hamster queen pirate.

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    I feel sad that a disease that is so easily treatable is probably going to take a lot of lives.