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The ''Washington Post'' reported:  

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Electron microscope scan of a coronavirus, so-called due to the crown-like filaments on the surface.

A coronavirus is any of several viruses affecting either animals or humans, and named for the crown-like spikes on the surface of the viral cell. Coronaviruses affect the upper-respiratory tract, causing infections ranging from mild to severe, such as bronchitis and pneumonia.

Origin of the Wuhan coronavirus epidemic and the dietary habits of Chinese atheists

See also: Dietary practices of atheists and Cat slaughtering practices in China and Atheists and dog meat eating and Atheism and rodent eating

The Washington Post reported:

China failed to learn one of the most important lessons of the SARS outbreak 17 years ago, that wild animal markets are a potent breeding ground for disease with the possibility of ailments jumping to humans, health experts say.

SARS, or severe acute respiratory syndrome, was thought to have originated in masked palm civets, tree-dwelling mammals native to parts of Asia. The trigger point for the current coronavirus remains unclear, but China has linked the outbreak to the Huanan Seafood Market in Wuhan, which despite its name also appeared to be selling live cats and dogs, wild chickens, snakes and marmots.[1]

CNN reported:

In western markets, shoppers can buy beef, chicken, pork, and, if they're lucky, perhaps some duck or bison.

But the options in China can be a bit more exotic. Vendors in small city markets often sell wild animals including rodents, yak, snakes and even porcupines, and experts say that makes them far more dangerous. The meat could contain deadly pathogens like the coronavirus.

Highlighting those fears, Chinese officials announced on Sunday that the trading of wild animals would be temporarily suspended in hopes that would help contain the outbreak.[2]

Atheist, Chinese leaders mishandled the Wuhan coronavirus epidemic during the critical early period

China and its atheist controlled government

See also: China and atheism

China has the largest atheist population in the world.[3]

China has the world's largest atheist population and practices state atheism.[4][5] China has one of the highest rates of atheism in the world.[6][7]

The Communist Party of China has one party rule over China.

Atheism is a core tenet of militant communist ideology (see: Atheism and communism). In 1955, Chinese communist leader Zhou Enlai declared, "We Communists are atheists".[8]

In 2016, the International Business Times reported:

A senior Chinese advisor on religious affairs has said the country should promote atheism throughout society, in remarks that appear to reflect a deepening campaign to reinforce traditional Marxist values in China — and could add to concern about official attitudes among believers in the country’s five officially recognized religions.[9]

In 2014, the New American website indicated:

The Communist Party of China (CPC) is letting its members know that the party’s official adherence to militant atheism has not changed; Party members are not allowed to be Christians, or to hold any other religious beliefs. That is the clear message sent by a top Party official in an editorial published on November 14 in the Global Times, the international version of People’s Daily, the official newspaper and mouthpiece of the CPC.[10]

China's atheist leaders mishandled the Wuhan coronavirus epidemic during the critical early period

See also: Atheism and leadership

As far as the Wuhan coronavirus epidemic, Corrupt, Chinese, atheist leaders squandered the period where they have could controlled the virus better due to trying to cover this matter up during the critical early period (See also: Atheism and leadership).[11][12] Guan Yi, an expert on viruses at Hong Kong University, said, "I think we have passed the golden period of control and prevention".[13]

Chinese health care system and the Wuhan coronavirus epidemic

See also: Atheism and medicine

Chinese healthcare system

See also: Atheist hospitals in China

Healthcare in China is made up of public and private medical institutions.

China's hospital system and general health care system overall is currently experiencing a crisis as evidenced by the New York Times article China’s Health Care Crisis: Lines Before Dawn, Violence and ‘No Trust’ (See also: Atheist hospitals).[14]

The New York Times article China’s Health Care Crisis: Lines Before Dawn, Violence and ‘No Trust’ declares:

Well before dawn, nearly a hundred people stood in line outside one of the capital’s top hospitals.

They were hoping to get an appointment with a specialist, a chance for access to the best health care in the country. Scalpers hawked medical visits for a fee, ignoring repeated crackdowns by the government.

A Beijing resident in line was trying to get his father in to see a neurologist. A senior lawmaker from Liaoning, a northeastern province, needed a second opinion on her daughter’s blood disorder.

Mao Ning, who was helping her friend get an appointment with a dermatologist, arrived at 4 a.m. She was in the middle of the line.

“There’s no choice — everyone comes to Beijing,” Ms. Mao, 40, said. “I think this is an unscientific approach and is not in keeping with our national conditions. We shouldn’t have people do this, right? There should be a reasonable system.”

The long lines, a standard feature of hospital visits in China, are a symptom of a health care system in crisis....

The country does not have a functioning primary care system, the first line of defense for illness and injury. China has one general practitioner for every 6,666 people, compared with the international standard of one for every 1,500 to 2,000 people, according to the World Health Organization. [15]

China's healthcare system under serious strain during the Wuhan coronavirus epidemic

The New York Times published an article about atheist controlled, mainland China entitled ‘What if We All Get Sick?’: Coronavirus Strains China’s Health System (see also: Atheist hospitals in China and Atheism and medicine and Atheist hospitals). Research indicates that in the United States, Christian hospitals were found to be superior to secular hospitals.[16]

A migrant worker tries to save his village from the coronavirus — and gets arrested by Chinese atheist, communist government

Xi Jinping is the President of the People's Republic of China, current General Secretary of the Communist Party of China which requires that all their members be atheists.[17] See: China and atheism and Atheism and communism

The Los Angeles Times reported:

When Gao Fei warned members of his family about the deadly virus sweeping their way, he never suspected that they would laugh at him, or that he would end up being arrested.

The migrant worker had left Hubei province last year to freelance as a welder in southern China. His family members stayed in their village in Qichun county less than two hours’ drive from Wuhan, the epicenter of a coronavirus outbreak that has killed more than 210 people and infected more than 9,700.

Gao sensed something dangerous was coming. He had breached China’s firewall to follow online news of the coronavirus as it emerged this month. He immediately began messaging his parents and siblings, including his brother, who drove a taxi between their village and Wuhan every day.

“Stock up on food, masks, disinfectant and medicine. Wash your hands. Don’t go to Wuhan!” he told them. They laughed. No one even knew of the virus in their hometown, they said, and nobody was wearing a mask. Gao, 33, sent a pack of surgical masks to his brother anyway. He felt helpless and enraged.

Gao was arrested Wednesday after tweeting that President Xi Jinping should resign over the government’s handling of the virus. The tweet about Xi disappeared, but another one he’d written earlier, as authorities announced new penalties for “spreading rumors” about the virus outbreak, remained: “Bring it on. This is a confrontation between a government that neglects life and a people who are saving themselves. Truth is our greatest weapon for our own salvation.”

Gao’s predictions have come to pass as the coronavirus spans continents and leaves China’s already overburdened medical system straining under a health emergency that has steadily accelerated. The communist leadership is entangled in its greatest medical and political crises in years, even as it attempts to assure other nations that all is under control.[18]

See also

Notes

  1. Coronavirus outbreak underscores potential health risks in China’s wild animal trade, Washington Post
  2. Chinese officials crack down on wildlife markets as coronavirus outbreak nears 3,000 cases By Alicia Lee, CNN
  3. Top 50 Countries With Highest Proportion of Atheists / Agnostics (Zuckerman, 2005)
  4. A surprising map of where the world’s atheists live, Washington Post By Max Fisher and Caitlin Dewey May 23, 2013
  5. Top 50 Countries With Highest Proportion of Atheists / Agnostics (Zuckerman, 2005)
  6. A surprising map of where the world’s atheists live, Washington Post By Max Fisher and Caitlin Dewey May 23, 2013
  7. Noebel, David, The Battle for Truth, Harvest House, 2001.
  8. Senior Chinese Religious Advisor Calls For Promotion Of Atheism In Society, International Business Times
  9. China’s Communist Party Reaffirms Marxism, Maoism, Atheism, New American, 2014
  10. Wuhan Mayor Says Beijing Rules Partially Responsible for Lack of Transparency, Wall Street Journal
  11. Chinese Virus Spreads | Hong Kong Anti-Communist Rally, China Uncensored
  12. 'This time I'm scared': Experts fear too late for China virus lockdown
  13. China’s Health Care Crisis: Lines Before Dawn, Violence and ‘No Trust’ By Sui-Lee Wee, New York Times, Sept. 30, 2018
  14. China’s Health Care Crisis: Lines Before Dawn, Violence and ‘No Trust’ By Sui-Lee Wee, New York Times, Sept. 30, 2018
  15. The Superiority of Christian hospitals
  16. China’s Communist Party Reaffirms Marxism, Maoism, Atheism, New American, 2014
  17. A migrant worker tries to save his village from the coronavirus — and gets arrested, Los Angeles Times