China

[BooseysMom]

We watched a disturbing programme last night investigating the origins of the virus.
The pictures of the wet markets in Wuhan will haunt me for years. Rabbits on the floor with intestines hanging out and animal faeces everywhere. Animals cramped up in cages. I felt sick to the core. The markets were instantly sanitised and closed and they couldn't find where the virus started. Also apparently the government lied about the number of deaths and two young men who were trying to get justice just disappeared one day following visits from police.
It's really terrifying and it ended by saying this is just the beginning ..there will be more viruses unless China really cleans up its act.
Thoughts?

What was the name of the programme and channel please? I would like to give this a watch

Trump is an idiot who is completely out of his depth and making it up as he goes along

@ListenLinda..sorry don't know. I'll have to find out. DH had it on. He might have recorded it

it was on bbc last night Panorama

Thanks!

Just found out it was Panorama on bbc1

I watched it last night too and agree it was disturbing. The two men that have now disappeared that were trying to get info out (in addition to the poor doctor that died) but also it was reminder about how harshly those suspected (?) if having the virus were treated - rounded up aggressively and thrown into vans to be taken somewhere, also reminded me of the reports where people were literally sealed into their flats so they could not leave. I had forgotten about that.
I am so grateful to live here where we all free to complain as much as we like about a short-notice 2 week quarantine when coming home from a lovely holiday in Spain and then gripe about having to put on a mask when nipping into Waitrose.
We have no clue!

@sashagabadon.. those are good points you make! I'd forgotten that too. Yes we're so lucky.

All of the protests, petitions, and screaming in to the wind seems useless

It doesn't just seem useless - it is useless, because China's run as a communist totalitarian state and has an overall culture of "not losing face"

I don't pretend to have magic answers to this, but whatever solution's sought it won't include the regime listening to any views other than their own - not when we see what happens to their own dissenters

Talking about wet market, I once saw a programme on BBC about a American chicken factory, workers there have to wear nappy to work as there is no proper break time. The cleaning condition of the factory is horrible. That really shocked me. I think it was broadcasted last year, while we were talking about importing meat from American.

nappies!! Wtfh! This world is so fucked up. please tell me this is not true.