If it was proven that the virus came from a Wuhan lab, what punishment should China face?

Severe economic sanctions by everyone in the world.

We should be allowed to call it the Chinese virus without snowflakes getting triggered.

Pull all manufacturing out of the country. It's essentially worthless without it. The rest of the world has artificially inflated this sh*OHLE communist country for long enough.

How are you supposed to run with no shoes?

Lenny Leonard wrote:

How are you supposed to run with no shoes?

Make them in any one of the other 200 or so countries in the world.

Fun fact. Thanks to globalization, the US economy would crumble without imports from China. Also, China holds significant amounts of US debt. So, they can also tank our economy by flooding the market with our bonds. Even in a crisis where everyone is putting their money in US bonds, having China dump all of their holdings would crash the US bond market as everyone would flee the market. And if we cannot get our debt bought, we have to buy it by printing money. That would cause hyperinflation in the US.

The reality is that the Chinese are not the problem. We are. We had every chance to stop the virus dead in its tracks but decided to roll the dice to see whether we could keep the markets from crashing.

What punishment did the USA face when it sent out the Spanish flu from a military base in Kansas in 1918 and kept it hidden from both the world and the American public?

That flu killed over 60 million people.

Sure. If this conspiracy theory is true then there should be big time sanctions.

And since we're doling out punishments for the people who facilitated this catastrophe, what should the punishment be for world leaders who praised China's handling of the virus early on? What should be done with people who took no steps to protect their countries, even after receiving repeated warnings months before the virus reached their borders? Who lied about suspending all travel to their countries from China? Who took personal advantage of this crisis by stealing taxpayer-funded medical supplies and giving it to commercial distributors (aka business associates) to resell to state governments at a ridiculous mark-up? Who STILL haven't mobilized a national tracking and testing regime that is necessary to safely reopen the economy?

I say we put them in jail!

I've been telling everyone for years that it isn't the Chinese people it's the few Chinese people in power who need to be "asked to step down" (how's that for talking like a dumb politician?).

I'm calling for revolution. It's time! People everywhere can finally do whatever they want, as long as it doesn't violate the rights of anyone else We will hold those that have inferred with our rights "accountable" (again another stupid pollical term). Plus I want to go to China for some Peking duck and not have to worry about a stupid visa.

Same punishment we get for Lyme Disease.

Precious Roy wrote:

Fun fact. Thanks to globalization, the US economy would crumble without imports from China. Also, China holds significant amounts of US debt. So, they can also tank our economy by flooding the market with our bonds. Even in a crisis where everyone is putting their money in US bonds, having China dump all of their holdings would crash the US bond market as everyone would flee the market. And if we cannot get our debt bought, we have to buy it by printing money. That would cause hyperinflation in the US.

The reality is that the Chinese are not the problem. We are. We had every chance to stop the virus dead in its tracks but decided to roll the dice to see whether we could keep the markets from crashing.

Fun fact. US economy is crumbling right now.

Giles Corey wrote:

What punishment did the USA face when it sent out the Spanish flu from a military base in Kansas in 1918 and kept it hidden from both the world and the American public?

That flu killed over 60 million people.

This.

nix the trade deals. jack up the tariffs push a Made In the Fucking Best Country In The History Of The Fucking World economic protocol.

debby downer wrote:

Giles Corey wrote:

What punishment did the USA face when it sent out the Spanish flu from a military base in Kansas in 1918 and kept it hidden from both the world and the American public?

That flu killed over 60 million people.

This.

People are going to have to step into the 21st century and stop calling the 1918 pandemic the "Spanish Flu". Its been confirmed that one started in China too!

The Gallant Pig Man wrote:

Sure. If this conspiracy theory is true then there should be big time sanctions.

It's not a conspiracy theory, the virus started there in their lab. It wasn't "release to kill the world" it was mistakenly leaked out of the lab due to shoddy procedures.

They were trying to find cures for various SARS diseases, and the virus leaked out mistakenly.

Want my track season back wrote:

My first instinct was to invade them, but they have nukes. So I'm going to go with a total blockade. Nothing should be allowed in or out of that country.

What if it originated in California and spread through China? What punishment should America face?

dangstraight wrote:

Want my track season back wrote:

My first instinct was to invade them, but they have nukes. So I'm going to go with a total blockade. Nothing should be allowed in or out of that country.

What if it originated in California and spread through China? What punishment should America face?

There is not a single shred of evidence to support this.

To answer your question. We should graciously accept their sincere apology.

dangstraight wrote:

Want my track season back wrote:

My first instinct was to invade them, but they have nukes. So I'm going to go with a total blockade. Nothing should be allowed in or out of that country.

What if it originated in California and spread through China? What punishment should America face?

they should sell California to China