It is a principle thing. Have heard of "Belt and Road" ? Do some research on China's practises on creating debt in foreign countries to exploit later and their infiltration into business and universities and control of the Chinese diaspora. Please don't take my word for it. Read "The Silent Invasion" by Clive Hamilton which addresses Chinese influence and interference in Australia's politics, business and places of learning. Also Red Flag by Peter Hartcher is alarming. These people are respected political journalists, not tabloid hacks. The debt entrapment methods of the current Chinese regime are common knowledge around the world.. PLease note I DO NOT say the Chinese people. It's the Xi Chinese Regime. I just think that if Scotland can avoid indebting themselves to China in any way it would be a good thing. Let them build your train or part train what ever it is sure. Just don't be in their debt.

Yep sure is Bakerman even the title of the thread would suggest that."Chinese Coronavirus" but the old buggers on here soon lose focus and wander off jabbering away to themselves.

Everything I have read on this virus suggests it is some sort of very strong flu bug starting with fevers,and then hard to get your breathe, possibly being followed up by pneumonia,which I would presume would be the final stage for people with low immune systems.
People being advised to stay away from raw meats, making sure that everything is cooked properly, and not spitting in public.

A touch of the old TB ruling there when spitting was against the law.
God knows what the football and rugby players are going to do probably take a box of tissues on the pitch with them to spit into. Or perhaps put a spitoon or two on the side of the pitch like they used to have in the old cowboy movies.

Spent many a hour on the fields in my earlier years playing football and can not remember myself ever spitting except possibly one time when I lost my front teeth.

All the above Keezoy has also been practised for decades by both
USA and most other successful countries? So l dont think the
chinese are peculiar in this?
I think that going back to the virus we should just take care that we
keep the outbreak isolated unlike the bushfires in ozie?
But allready we have calls to repatriate uk tourists to uk as an
emergency!!! Thus negating the effect of the chinese isolation
efforts?? IGTF!
Donkeyman!

Hi

It is interesting that the virus has an unusually high contagency.

China has very strict control measures in place, far more than would be possible here in the UK.

It is also interesting that China has a level 4 Containment Laboratory within a few miles of the city of origin.

Not many of these in the world and only used for research into very dangerous bacteria and viruses.

So are you suggesting this virus might have escaped from the laboratory Swim, and might be nothing to do with the meat market they keep talking about?

Hi

Finding the initial point of infection is always difficult Mups.

It would be wrong to ignore the possibility.

The market is definitely involved, but may not be the original source, just the centre of spread.

So are you suggesting this virus might have escaped from the laboratory Swim, and might be nothing to do with the meat market they keep talking about?

How do they know the market is definitely involved?