Big damn balloon went up! HPCON CHARLIE!

Since my surname is Davidson, I assume I'm Scottish

The history of the Davidson family begins among the Pictish clans ancient Scotland 

Do you feel the call of the hill, calling you home.  ( I would wait until we have more respirators )

 I think something big is up. Some early press nibbles of hinting it could have been a released bioweapon from China.

BabyCat wrote:  I think something big is up. Some early press nibbles of hinting it could have been a released bioweapon from China.

Yep, been thinking that for some time. The rhetoric on both sides is ratcheting up.

Pompeo urges Americans abroad to return home immediately if able. Commercial flights may not be available.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/coronavirus-update-us-travel-flights-home-return-pompeo-trump-a9438516.html

You can argue that Donald J. Trump is the first US President to directly confront the Chinese Communist Party when he impossed tariffs on their imports. The economy would be considered President Trump's Achilles Heel to the CCP, so it would stand to reason they would release such a bioweapon in Wuhan because It would kill two birds with one stone. It would give them an excuse to quarantine the country and allow the army and police to put down the rebellion in Hong Kong and either imprison or kill of the dissidents throughout China without another Tiananmen Square. And, the virus has brought America's economy and stock market to its knees which the Democrats will attempt to use to their advantage this November. Asymmetrical warfare.

The US military is worried about this virus compromising their ability to defend the United States and the rest of the free world! The "Big Stick" has over 200 personnel infected and it's  Captain has asked that the majority of the crew be evacuated and quarantined and the ship be cleaned from stem to stern. There is no place to SIP on a navy ship!  People on cruise ships have much more privacy than does your average swabby and look what's happening to them! I just hope they haven't waited to long!  Far winds and following seas!

This is a disaster bigger than I imagined. The scenarios are starting to spiral out of control. 

Asymmetrical warfare indeed. That's why Xi was part of this from the beginning and all the early samples were destroyed. 

I think he will become infamous.

Agree. Living there, I  saw quite a bit of Han racist arrogance -  to REALLY see racism, live in China as a weiguoren. The people, while generally peaceful and generous, are brainwashed and threatened and controlled to be fearful robots and rabbits, and allow themselves to be ruled by the most murderous, thieving, ruthluss band of gangsters the world has ever seen, for the longest period of time - the Chinese Communist Party.  I only hope the Chinese people rise up against their masters soon. They believe that all the other countries need to be subservient - in fact, in their system, their is only China at the center. Never trust the communists - in business, nor in politics. They will cheat you and laugh at you for being the fool to allow it. Nasty, nasty criminal syndicate. They torture political prisoners (Falun Dafa/Falun Gong) and remove their organs while alive. Organs they sell for profit for order, of course.  

The CCP is the world's enemy.

The people are well and good, like people everywhere, but think of the CCP like the Nazi Party in Germany., but was never defeated. Now that this criminal mafia has gotten rich by the West's stupidity (producing everything, then stealing everything), they've leapfrogged into the present as a powerful force to be reckoned with. They feel it's their destiny. I only wish I was still young enough to be part of a team of special operators working to save the free world from their evil ambitions.

Posted this somewhere else but thought it might fit in with this topic.

China sent a huge amount of PPE and medical equipment recently as a good will gesture to aid Europe to help fight the coronavirus. It had been distributed and was in use in hospitals, but it now has to be all recalled because its faulty and dangerous.   Dam filters dont work and could hasten spread not reduce it.

What you are all saying here makes me think we should look the gift horse in the mouth.  Or is this unreasonable.

Hz

  https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-52092395

It's remarkable what you can find in public records...  

CRS, DrPH wrote: Thorne! wrote: Pompeo urges Americans abroad to return home immediately if able. Commercial flights may not be available. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/coronavirus-update-us-travel-flights-home-return-pompeo-trump-a9438516.html Pompeo shipped all of our masks & PPE over to China....WTF??   https://www.state.gov/the-united-states-announces-assistance-to-combat-the-novel-coronavirus/

But that article was dated 7 Feb. Perhaps he thought they could help China contain it.

China is pushing the advantage in the South China Sea. 

They are conducting "military drills"

Its an incredibly provocative thing to do in these times. 

Scary Stuff

If anything, President Trump has proven the existence of a Deep State in my humble opinion. Name me another US President that has had to endure the daily attacks form the Democratic Party, the media, Hollywood, Silicone Valley, professional athletes, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and the legions of citizens suffering from Trump Derangement Syndrome with such a coordinated effort. President Trump could come out today, and declare a cure for cancer, and he'd probably be attacked for negatively effecting Big Pharma's bottom line!

I fancy myself as a political atheist, so please don't interpret me as being a blind follower of President Trump because of my comment above. I had an equal disdain for Obama as I did for George W. Bush.