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Hold My Corona: Popping the Top on Preparedness
A brief dip into Twitter prompted a brief bit of research, and the results seemed worth sharing in the current news or hype cycle. Now I know, why on earth would I be on Twitter when there is talk of a new virus and we all know avian flu is supposed to be quite nasty? I was there for entirely other reasons when I stumbled upon a retweet of a professional pundit thinking he was offering a hot take. Hot tweet? More like steaming hot bird droppings.
A virus gets out of control in China so that the gov't shuts down cities with millions and the usual sorts are all on social media praising China's ability to deal with this sort of thing. Remarkable that India, with a similar population, doesn't get these outbreaks.
— Erick Erickson (@EWErickson) January 27, 2020