Sport Events Cancelled due to Coronavirus Outbreak

[rybak 3,239]

ATP decided to cancel all challenger tournaments which had to be held in March in four different cities.

 

https://www.atptour.com/en/news/upcoming-atp-challenger-tour-2020-events-in-china-cancelled

[Allen TLR 2]

When things come to China, there always be a lot of comments full of bias.

If the government hide the information about the virus from others, how do people from other country know the truth?

As I know, sars was from Feb. ended up around Jun., how do some people say it took the whole year? 

As for the athletes from China, they are well protected than anyone, even though a normal people who wear a mask would't get infected, how could the athletes contaminate others?

 Hope China can stay strong

[Shravan Kumar 109]

  On 2/6/2020 at 2:57 PM, Allen TLR said:

When things come to China, there always be a lot of comments full of bias.

If the government hide the information about the virus from others, how do people from other country know the truth?

As I know, sars was from Feb. ended up around Jun., how do some people say it took the whole year? 

As for the athletes from China, they are well protected than anyone, even though a normal people who wear a mask would't get infected, how could the athletes contaminate others?

 Hope China can stay strong

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Several athletes were banned from 2014 youth Olympic in Nanjing because they came from West Africa due to Ebola crisis. Why should Chinese athletes get a free pass.

[heywoodu 15,355]

  On 2/6/2020 at 2:57 PM, Allen TLR said:

If the government hide the information about the virus from others, how do people from other country know the truth?

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Because it has already spread to other countries and so saying "No, there's nothing happening" would be implausible for everyone in the world. However, making up numbers to make it seem like something is going on, but is not as bad as it actually is, is entirely possible in an authoritarian state like China or North Korea. Not saying that's what they're doing, nobody knows, but it's really not unthinkable and it wouldn't be the first time.

 

Take SARS: it started in November, but they only mentioned something to the WHO in February and (worse) pushed down on press even reporting about it inside China.

[heywoodu 15,355]

  On 2/6/2020 at 3:21 PM, Shravan Kumar said:

Several athletes were banned from 2014 youth Olympic in Nanjing because they came from West Africa due to Ebola crisis. Why should Chinese athletes get a free pass.

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They shouldn't get a 'free pass'. They should, however, be allowed to freely compete - potentially after a certain amount in quarantaine. China messing up with Youth Olympic athletes (although them being 'youth' is of zero significance) shouldn't be a point of discussion in this issue.

[dcro 10,210]

  On 2/6/2020 at 5:50 PM, heywoodu said:

 

Because it has already spread to other countries and so saying "No, there's nothing happening" would be implausible for everyone in the world. However, making up numbers to make it seem like something is going on, but is not as bad as it actually is, is entirely possible in an authoritarian state like China or North Korea. Not saying that's what they're doing, nobody knows, but it's really not unthinkable and it wouldn't be the first time.

 

Take SARS: it started in November, but they only mentioned something to the WHO in February and (worse) pushed down on press even reporting about it inside China.

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Corona also started in December, and the word only got out in January.

[heywoodu 15,355]

  On 2/6/2020 at 6:03 PM, dcro said:

 

Corona also started in December, and the word only got out in January.

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Yes, although there does seem to be a significantly shorter time between 'first case(s)' and 'word getting out' than was the case with SARS. Too bad we don't have a user from Wuhan here, it's rather hard to even guess the credibility of all kinds of random people on social media who might as well post the most sensationalist things just to get more and more likes ("they're burning the dead by the hundreds in Wuhan!" is a prime example these days).

[dcro 10,210]

So... Chinese doctor/whistleblower Li Wenliang has succumbed to Coronavirus himself...

 

He sent out a warning about the virus to fellow medics on December 30th, for which he was forced to admit that he "made false comments" and "severly disturbed the social order".

[Laraja 1,496]

World Skate is releasing updates about Corona vírus in its website. The association scheduled three events in China(including the Park World Championships), one in Japan and another in Singapore until the OG.

 

The first of them is the Asian Street Skateboarding Championships on February, 19th in Singapore. According to WS, they will update the event status until next monday.

[heywoodu 15,355]

Cancelling/changing the one in Singapore would be kind of weird and pure 'panic football' as it'd be called in Dutch