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a kennedy

(29,642 posts) Wed Mar 25, 2020, 09:00 PM Mar 2020

There are 50 MILLION people where this virus first started in China???

50 Million people???

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There are 50 MILLION people where this virus first started in China??? (Original Post) a kennedy Mar 2020 OP

Wuhan? dewsgirl Mar 2020 #1

Yes......or did I hear that wrong....doctor on Chris Hayes from Chapel Hill NC a kennedy Mar 2020 #2

Yes, China has 1.4 billion overall Amishman Mar 2020 #4

I missed the number, elleng Mar 2020 #5

I missed it, I think Hubei province of which Wuhan is a part of dewsgirl Mar 2020 #6

Hubei province, population 58,500,000 million Leghorn21 Mar 2020 #7

It looks like the entirety of Hubei is about 58 million, a still incredible 11 million in Wuhan. Anon-C Mar 2020 #3

Yes its a big world GusBob Mar 2020 #8

They prepared and acted aggressively. onecaliberal Mar 2020 #9

Aggressively. Igel Mar 2020 #10

I agree. I hear it looks like a normal day around town where I live. I have t left the house onecaliberal Mar 2020 #11

dewsgirl

(14,961 posts)

1. Wuhan?

Reply to a kennedy (Original post)

Wed Mar 25, 2020, 09:01 PM

Mar 2020

a kennedy

(29,642 posts)

2. Yes......or did I hear that wrong....doctor on Chris Hayes from Chapel Hill NC

Reply to dewsgirl (Reply #1)

Wed Mar 25, 2020, 09:04 PM

Mar 2020

said that the first province in China had 50 million people in it. Did anyone else hear that??? I really couldn’t believe it.

Amishman

(5,554 posts)

4. Yes, China has 1.4 billion overall

Reply to a kennedy (Reply #2)

Wed Mar 25, 2020, 09:05 PM

Mar 2020

There's a lot of people there no matter how you slice it

elleng

(130,825 posts)

5. I missed the number,

Reply to a kennedy (Reply #2)

Wed Mar 25, 2020, 09:06 PM

Mar 2020

but I'm GLAD my nephew left China (from his studies) in JANUARY, as he/they learned of this 'monster.'

dewsgirl

(14,961 posts)

6. I missed it, I think Hubei province of which Wuhan is a part of

Reply to a kennedy (Reply #2)

Wed Mar 25, 2020, 09:07 PM

Mar 2020

may be about that many. Geography not one of my strengths.

Leghorn21

(13,524 posts)

7. Hubei province, population 58,500,000 million

Reply to a kennedy (Reply #2)

Wed Mar 25, 2020, 09:08 PM

Mar 2020

Wuhan, a city in the province, has about 11 million souls

What a horror they have endured!!

Anon-C

(3,430 posts)

3. It looks like the entirety of Hubei is about 58 million, a still incredible 11 million in Wuhan.

Reply to a kennedy (Original post)

Wed Mar 25, 2020, 09:05 PM

Mar 2020

GusBob

(7,286 posts)

8. Yes its a big world

Reply to a kennedy (Original post)

Wed Mar 25, 2020, 09:08 PM

Mar 2020

South Korea has about 50 mill
And their curve has been flattened
They got the first cases about same a US

onecaliberal

(32,812 posts)

9. They prepared and acted aggressively.

Reply to GusBob (Reply #8)

Wed Mar 25, 2020, 09:30 PM

Mar 2020

We fiddled, now Rome is a conflagration.

Igel

(35,293 posts)

10. Aggressively.

Reply to onecaliberal (Reply #9)

Wed Mar 25, 2020, 09:43 PM

Mar 2020

And obediently.

I teach school. I know there's a difference between the behavior ordered and behavior observed.

Notice that high-COVID areas have two things true of them. The virus was fairly widespread before harsh(ish) measures were taking place and they're high-density areas with little social distance between stranger networks.

China certainly has the latter--high-density, tight packed networks--but they took measures before it spread too much, and they weren't "harshish" but "damned harsh." None of this "we'll keep schools open, we're not closing them" or "there won't be a lock-down" crap.

(Even that only slows the progression. Harsher measures are needed to stop it.)

onecaliberal

(32,812 posts)

11. I agree. I hear it looks like a normal day around town where I live. I have t left the house