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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDrone footage of Wuhan:
Ghost town.Drone images by @AFPTV journalist @LeoRamirezAFP in Wuhan, shows how deserted the central Chinese city has become under lockdown over the #coronavirus
Link to tweet
I know were all skeptical of news and footage from dubious sources - AFP is new to me, so I checked it on this site and it looks legit
https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/?s=AP
Their reporter, Leo Ramirez, is based in Beijing: https://mobile.twitter.com/LeoRamirezAFP
Drunken Irishman
(34,857 posts)BigmanPigman
(51,610 posts)That makes it extra creepy. The streets should be filled with people, sounds and colors.
SunSeeker
(51,574 posts)James48
(4,436 posts)If what was in the Daily Mail is correct- it appears that whatever this virus is escaped from THE Chinese biological virus lab, and is now growing like a biological weapon would.
God help anyone who comes in contact with it- and lets hope a vaccine is created before it is too late and mass casualties take place.
See this article: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-7922379/Chinas-lab-studying-SARS-Ebola-Wuhan-outbreaks-center.html
Johnny2X2X
(19,066 posts)Truly terrifying. Since there are cases across the world now, I'm going to trust the scientists in the global community, but I don't think they know enough yet to say how it came to be. Snake meat seems far fetched to me.
MH1
(17,600 posts)It is probably a plausible scenario but I'll wait for a more credible news outlet.
It didn't need to come from a lab to be a terribly dangerous virus.
bullwinkle428
(20,629 posts)Recursion
(56,582 posts)berni_mccoy
(23,018 posts)Imagine that is the big apple and then what is happening starts to settle in.
Baclava
(12,047 posts)It is the largest city in Hubei and the most populous city in Central China, with a population of over 11 million, the seventh most populous Chinese city
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wuhan
Roland99
(53,342 posts)eleny
(46,166 posts)PatSeg
(47,501 posts)the world tends to look like the beginning of an Armageddon movie.