Comments by "SK ONTHEROAD" (@skontheroad2666) on "Channel 4 News" channel.

@hugheaston7598 They can absolutely suspend "non essential travel" while at the same time allowing charters in with aid supply. It is done all the time with middle eastern countries. Just look at travel.state.gov, or your countries equivalent. Even during wars, the Red Cross is allowed in. They are hesitant to close borders, and should be. It is not about greed. It is about the global economy collapsing. And anyone with a job should absolutely worry about that. Again, regardless what country one is from. The people trolling about greed and countries worrying about money first will see it very differently when they can't even get their new iPhone, let alone everything else that is manufactured in China that we use on a daily basis and can't live without....
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@hugheaston7598 I absolutely think they should restrict travel! They should have done that over a week ago. At least non-essential travel. That is literally the only way to even try to get a handle on this. And the morons who don't want to miss out on their non-refundable cruise should just stay home, and eat the couple 1,000 dollars. It is just not worth it. Nonetheless the flip side is what it will do to the global economy. We already have China way behind as they were not allowed to go to work and produce things people count on daily (whether they really need them or not). And that is just the manufacturing side. And for those who don't actually have to make sure the teleconferencing happens, and think that everyone can just meet from their homes with video conferencing and have the same work product outcome doesn't know what actually goes on behind the scenes. The MWC canceled and a multi billion dollar house of cards fell. From Ericsson and Nokia pulling out, which affected not only their marketing efforts and what that does to the global world markets down to the cleaning staff from within the company, to the entire hospitality industry that counts on them each year, but most importantly, down to the restaurant owners and even coffee stands that support the event and make almost half of their annual income from the one week. And, while none of us have a crystal ball, there are still plenty of us who have to plan--and guess--on how this will play out. And for many, simply saying "just shut it all down" doesn't work, due to the ripple effect it has on everyone involved. But when they do shut it down, we need a plan B to keep the globe turning. Not an easy thing to come up with when we have never been in this situation before. And most people are just sitting and waiting and hoping for the best... not a great plan.
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@Sarah-ok3xv Are we really trusting the news out of Iran? Even the new out of China is skeptical. They are not the first to ever admit to a mistake... I am almost relieved about the news and reaction out of Italy. These are friendly nations who want to work with us willingly and honestly to help their country as well as others.
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@hugheaston7598 Also bear in mind that all businesses that ground their workers base it on the state dept website, who gets their cue from the CDC (and vice versa), which affects whether a company's travel insurance coverage of the employee would be in effect or not. That is always their bottom line. It is the people going on non-refundable cruises or vacations that you really have to worry about. Which is ironic because they are always the first ones to say that businesses are being greedy... yet they don't want to lose a couple thousand dollars to insure their own safety. And then get mad when they are stuck somewhere in quarantine....
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But they now know that it may then cause reexposure and recontamination. Self quarantine is one thing. Government imposed quarantines can't be an arbitrary number of days.
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You cannot have public health at all without a strong economy.
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She knows him the best?? She has sued him once and lost. Then didn't speak to him for years. Then tried to cash in by writing a book, taping private conversations, and bashing everyone in the family who didn't agree with her or give her money. Then brought another suit, bc losing the first time was not enough. But the money from the book sales will atleast pay her attorneys fees. And also seemed to pay for her not so subtle makeover. I wonder who her agent is.... 🤔 win or lose, half the country still wanted him as President for four more years.... OH, and she openly repeated that she did know why Ivanka invited her to her wedding. But sure, go ahead and ask her what Ivanka is thinking right now. Maybe her ESP has been fixed and she can tell us EXACTLY what is going on in her cousins mind, since they are so close...😏
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@pericodelospalotes5738 And we don't know yet of it can be transmitted via mosquitoes (or do we?). That is something I am sure they will want to know and be prepared for in humid countries, countries with rainy seasons, etc. Although atleast the African countries know how to quarantine. Latin America less so.
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@shrekwazowski8199 Donate masks to China?? What about the rest of the world? The Chinese have enough people to build hospitals in ONE week. Let those who can, in cities where it is safe, go back to work and they will be able to produce enough masks for the world. Even, more specifically, the ones that are actually appropriate for this epidemic. THAT would be more helpful than trying to get people to donate masks that are not even all that effective, and ship them back to Çhina.
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@hugheaston7598 Despite tremendous criticism and pressure not to, Israel is now officially the first country to stop all International travel. And for them, it may actually work, since they can't drive over the border and hop on a flight. (However, I now have a kid stuck over there who can't come home or meet us somewhere for the holidays. Nor can we go to him. Unless things change... but hopefully he will atleast stay healthy. I hope!). Let's see what happens... BTW, I am sure you have seen Contagion, but it is worth watching again. Takes on a whole new meaning.
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Carter was the Worst President Ever!
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They ALWAYS have a lot of pollution there, even in a good day. They are famous for it. It is difficult to travel to Beijing in the best of situations and not get sick with a respiratory problem.
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@CC-mr5xq I watched Peak Prosperity up until he made a comment with a huge medical error. Which, in this case, was extremely irresponsible to the point of being dangerous. Whether he mispoke or was just unclear in what he was trying to explain, which is actually a very simple concept for those who understand medicine--and if he understood the gravity of the error, he would not have been so cavalier with the info--all I learned is that it is just one more website that you cannot trust. And beyond that, he is there solely for the purpose to inform and educate and seems to have a lot of subscribers. That in itself scares me!
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@lorefreedom6386 Yes, and that is what I was asking about. What people seem to be so bothered by? We all know by now that the info we are getting out of China is not reliable. You don't need to be a doctor to know that much.
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@CC-mr5xq It happens to be a sore spot with me--it makes me nuts when people do this, in all fairness.... but he was not clear while he was explaining something (I listened 2x to be sure). As he was showing a chart last week, he insinuated that people who were mildly ill with a virus might simply be sent home with antibiotics. You cannot take antibiotics for a virus!!! Many people misunderstand that, which leads to people taking old antibiotics from their shelf at home, or getting some from a friend, then not taking the full 7 or 10 day course, which can then lead that antibiotic to no longer being effective should you actually need it later. That is how we will end up with antibiotic resistant strains of bacterial infections. Or Superbugs. It is a much bigger problem than people realize. My MIL gets the flu every winter and always asks him to write her an rx for an antibiotic and he has to go over basic pharmacology with her every year... makes me nuts! Sorry, but it is a simple concept. People should be clear online about it lest they spread misinformation.
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We have no idea what the R-naught is as we have not done enough testing or contact tracing. However people who were protesting have tested positive and are atleast being responsible and try to tell those they protested with to go get tested. It seems through all this people have learned to take responsibility into their own hands and help notify the public about getting tested. Let's see if people listen!
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@bobbifreedman2435 I think you are confused (and we are not talking about Biden or Trump). But you must have atleast seen photos of the gas lines or heard of the oil crisis of 1979? And what about the Détente? Carter's foreign policy was one of biggest disasters of the past 50 years, whereas Nixon's is still lauded today for opening up China.
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@bobbifreedman2435 You answered me big guy!
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@shrekwazowski8199 If more people in vulnerable areas would wear them before there was an outbreak, we may be able to contain them better. And once we do need our masks, then what? The general US public (and world) does not feel that China helped us. We don't even feel we are getting real numbers and reports. China has/had their fair share of masks. Depleting the world's stock on masks in order to send them back to China, when ours are not even the proper kind, seems very counterintuitive and a big waste of time and money. We need to worry about ourselves right now and focus on what we should do next. China is not our priority.
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@hugheaston7598 True, and when the airlines stop global travel (which has never been done), the ripple effect will be devastating on the world economy. I personally use my State Department warning system as a guide, as I travel a lot for work. But I also live in a city where there are hundreds of people flying in from Asia daily, even though 3 main carriers stopped flying in (and one doesn't even service Asia, except thru their partner airline system, so they didn't really get hit. Just PR). The WHO seems behind the 8 ball for some reason, so I am not countingon them. Yet I trust the CDC, having unfortunately had to deal with them directly. They follow up and follow thru and seen to really care from patient 0 on, for their own research purposes, so unless things have changed (which may be), I would sooner take their advice. Problem is, again, it is just for the US. Luckily however, most other "state dept" health and travel sites take their cue from the US.
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@hugheaston7598 In a perfect world, yes, absolutely (although we have seen Contagion). But we don't live in a perfect world... and you don't mean just planes, you mean martial law. And and no travel whatsoever. Do you really think that will happen? I can guarantee that the CEO's of major corporations won't go for it. But I am more worried about the virus mutating before they even find a vaccination for this one. And in the meantime, before we get to the point of martial law being put into effect, some useful information dispersed to the public on local levels and better testing would be more practical. Then some affective actions to get control of how to assess those who do have to travel out of necessity.
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What is scary is that one report about Italy said that the man who died had had contact with someone who had traveled to China in January!
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@conorwhite2889 Which source? I saw the report about the assassination of the North Korean who broke his quarantine --that was fairly well reported by the West. Where and why are they burning "bodies"--and while that was plural, how many did they report? Not that ppl come into contact with North Koreans on a regular basis...
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@benwithers6668 Why? And you can't say Watergate. Years later, with the Zeitgeist of everything that has happened since, and every "gate" since, it has become noise. Yet his foreign policy is still studied in College and he is still commended for opening up China, in addition to other major novel achievements.
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@paramiind4730 Yes! You got it! Who! The WHO--the World Health Org. Like the UN version of the CDC.
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Why is she not asking the tough questions? Or making him actually answer the questions she is posing to him, that we--and obviously she--wants the answers to? Just ticking through a list of questions without getting the real, hard, direct answers is NOT good journalism!
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@mongrelrat How would a public health system be funded (and by whom) in a weak economy?
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@mongrelrat That's nice. But we are not talking about Italy. But maybe the US will look at Italy for help when and if they discuss changing the current healthcare system. However, for now, we are still in the US, following American laws and our healthcare system has not changed. Nor will it change it the near future. Yet in the meantime, we still need a healthy economy to bear the burden that this virus will put on our healthcare system in the here and now.
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AND... If Israel is the one to come out with a vaccine, or helps another country develop the vaccine, then anyone who ever supported the BDS movement should not be allowed to get vaccinated!
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@judepower4425 Do you mean BDS supporters? People who stand with those who want to annihilate all of Israel? Absolutely! They can all go. I will not shed a tear. Just as they didn't shed a tear when they walked into a cafe with an S-Vest on and clacked it off while friends and family members were innocently having a coffee the night before a cousin's wedding to celebrate her upcoming wedding. That unfortunately did not happen. And her father would no longer walk her down the aisle, because he was with her. They were just out for coffee. The person there for his political values did not care about their lives (or even his). Why should I care about theirs?
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@lorettanericcio-bohlman567 🤣🤣🤣🤣
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Pollution doesn't just go away overnight, first of all. And secondly, what is it exactly that you are bothered by? That Communist China is lying to us about something (big surprise) or that they are burning bodies to begin with (which is called vector control in this case)? Burying them could let the virus stay dormant in the ground. Cremation is safer.
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@imateapot51 Please do not invoke the AIDS crisis in Manhattan of the 1980's unless you actually lived through it (as I did). I don't have the time or energy to educate you on what that was like (there are plenty of shows on tv that actually come pretty close). I also don't want to go over what it is like coming back from Africa during the Ebola crisis, being sick, isolated in a major US hospital bc they couldn't wrap their brain around the fact that I was working in WEST Africa, not East, until the CDC got involved and took over. Trust in the CDC. Trump has very little to do with this so why bring it up? And we don't live in China, nor can we really verify the info the choose to share. It is almost as if we will have to start all over again once the Western world is affected to figure out how to treat and cure this disease. Unless you somehow believe that Trump and China are the same thing and that Trump, in an election year, would want the same outcome as communist China had??
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@imateapot51 That is the problem. Not only do we not know what the disease will do, there has never been a global wide pandemic, so it is unclear, even to the governments, what to do. We now know a little about what NOT to do. Hopefully you live in one of the cities with hospitals that are prepared, yet won't need to use it! When I was quarantined in the hospital, there was only one very kind nurse who would even come into my room to take my temp, etc. Bc she was from Ethiopia and knew that whatever I had, it was NOT Ebola and she was not scared. Everyone else was. That is the other part of the equation--will there be enough trained staff who will be able and willing to treat the sick? Hopefully yes. And yes, the CDC is a government agency but I would not waste your time mixing your feelings about Trump with your worries about the efficacy of the CDC. They are a well run, very thorough organization (almost annoyingly so, they called so often to follow up on me). I cannot donate blood unfortunately but yes, bc of what went on in the 80's, I would still be hesitant should I need blood or a transfusion. It was a harrowing thought back then, but presumably the supply now is much more carefully screened and controlled.
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@byttlejuice145 Correct, Coronavirus cannot be contracted via mosquitoes. Unlike Dengue, or West Nile, where the vector for both, is a mosquito (and a specific species of mosquito at that.). I have contracted both. From mosquitoes. From different countries, at different times. It is Dengue that now makes me high risk, as Dengue can reoccur should I have a respiratory infection (whereas West Nile cannot reoccurand does not make me high risk). It was when I contracted West Nile after a trip to Africa, that the CDC discovered from my test and my tithers that I had contracted Dengue seven months prior in Rio. Also note it took the CDC 7 days to give me a diagnosis. And by then, I had already, stupidly, I now admit, I had left the hospital as I then felt fine and could not take it anymore as I had 4 kids to get home to...I wouldn't do that again, but luckily I was not contagious. At any point. They did follow up relentlessly, I will say. To the point that I stopped calling back. Something else I feel bad about! (Pls note I am not sure what you read that was unclear but please let me know so I can clarify it. Whatever I wrote was clearly misunderstood as I am always very clear on each disease, my history and experience, and the disease's vector.) Thanks!
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@byttlejuice145 Just fyi, also note I am married to a veterinary surgeon, which is why we were in these countries, doing non for profit work (we own an animal hospital). But as these diseases start in animals and unfortunately jump species, it really starts with the epidiomologic work of veterinarians and the studies of zoonotic diseases first, before we can understand it's effect in humans. Luckily there are plenty of DVMs on staff at the CDC and WHO.
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She knows him the best?? She has sued him once and lost. Then didn't speak to him for years. Then tried to cash in by writing a book, taping private conversations, and bashing everyone in the family who didn't agree with her or give her money. Then brought another suit, bc losing the first time was not enough. But the money from the book sales will atleast pay her attorneys fees. And also seemed to pay for her not so subtle makeover. I wonder who her agent is.... 🤔 win or lose, half the country still wanted him as President for four more years.... OH, and she openly repeated that she did know why Ivanka invited her to her wedding. But sure, go ahead and ask her what Ivanka is thinking right now. Maybe her ESP has been fixed and she can tell us EXACTLY what is going on in her cousins mind, since they are so close...😏
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Worst President EVER! Nixon was a better President than Carter!
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@purplegill10 Good point about Bernie being today's Carter. I can see that! Too bad I can't stand either of them 😕.
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