rybak 2,694 Posted February 3, 2020 #71 Share Posted February 3, 2020 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allen TLR 2 Posted February 6, 2020 #72 Share Posted February 6, 2020 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 Function CR Lee and opruh 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shravan Kumar 109 Posted February 6, 2020 #73 Share Posted February 6, 2020 21 minutes ago, 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 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. dcro 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,560 Posted February 6, 2020 #74 Share Posted February 6, 2020 2 hours ago, Allen TLR said: If the government hide the information about the virus from others, how do people from other country know the truth? 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. If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,560 Posted February 6, 2020 #75 Share Posted February 6, 2020 2 hours ago, 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. 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. If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcro 10,182 Posted February 6, 2020 #76 Share Posted February 6, 2020 12 minutes ago, 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. Corona also started in December, and the word only got out in January. #banbestmen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,560 Posted February 6, 2020 #77 Share Posted February 6, 2020 5 minutes ago, dcro said: Corona also started in December, and the word only got out in January. 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). If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcro 10,182 Posted February 7, 2020 #78 Share Posted February 7, 2020 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". #banbestmen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laraja 1,371 Posted February 7, 2020 #79 Share Posted February 7, 2020 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,560 Posted February 7, 2020 #80 Share Posted February 7, 2020 Cancelling/changing the one in Singapore would be kind of weird and pure 'panic football' as it'd be called in Dutch If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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