'Once Upon a Virus': China mocks U.S. in Lego-like animation

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HANGHAI, May 4 (Reuters) - China has published a short animation titled "Once Upon a Virus" mocking the U.S. response to the new coronavirus using Lego-like figures to represent the two countries.


Washington and Beijing are locked in a war of words over the origins of the disease which emerged in the Chinese city of Wuhan late last year and has spread to become a global pandemic.

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday he was confident the coronavirus may have originated in a Chinese virology lab, but declined to describe the evidence.

In the animation posted online by China's official Xinhua news agency, red curtains open to reveal a stage featuring Lego-like figures in the form of a terracotta warrior wearing a face mask and the Statue of Liberty.

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[OnDoutside]

1. That said, they left out the bit where they hid admitting that there

was a problem until December 31st, funny that.

[intrepidity]

2. Or, that while they were locking down Wuhan (showing they knew the seriousness)

they were apparently still letting people from that area depart the country by air.

[OnDoutside]

3. That's a good point too.

[dalton99a]

4. Were they supposed to prevent foreign governments from evacuating their citizens?

Trump's contradictions are patently ridiculous:

[LisaL]

6. And what made our authorities to lie to its citizens that masks were not helpful and

in fact were going to increase our chances of getting infected?
We were told to hand wash. And specifically told not to wear masks. While good hand hygiene is not going to hurt, what is it going to do against an airborne virus?

[dalton99a]

7. +1. While the other countries in Asia sprang to action to protect their people

[LisaL]

8. I never believed what we were told about masks.

But presumably a lot of other people did. And if you are the only one out in public wearing a mask, it's not a comfortable feeling. It's a lot easier to wear a mask if many others do. So when government tells it citizens to specifically not to wear mask, even if you don't believe it, you are not likely to wear it. I have seen very few people (mostly from Asia, where it's common) early on wearing masks in public.

[dalton99a]

9. Yep, peer pressure is rather important

so it depends on the environment and where people live e.g. rural county vs. large city

[LisaL]

5. While it's clear that China wasn't totally transparent,

US had plenty of time to prepare better than what we did.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

10. K&R