Chaos Erupts In China, 18M Under Quarantine As Wuhan Virus Spreads "Feels Like The End Of The World"
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🗓️ 23 January 2020
⏱️ 100 minutes
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Summary
Chaos Erupts In China, 18M Under Quarantine As Wuhan Virus Spreads "Feels Like The End Of The World." 9 cities in China are now on lockdown due to the rapid spread of the Wuhan Virus.
While this is likely not going to be that big of a deal China is taking it very seriously. Fears are escalating as the virus is spreading around the world.
The US as well as many southeast asian countries were hit by a few cases of the Wuhan Virus but for the most part it does seem to be over hyped by media.
One thing gaining attention online is the story from 2017 about a new Biolab in Wuhan and fears a pathogen could escape.
There is no evidence to suggest that is the case but many people are concerned nonetheless that this coronavirus will have a devastating impact
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| 0:00.0 | Panic is erupting basically around the world because the coronavirus seems to be substantially worse than previously thought. |
| 0:08.3 | Now I did a segment the other day talking about it and I stand by it, I think this is a lot of hype. |
| 0:13.1 | Everybody needs to calm down. It's probably not as bad as everyone thinks it is. |
| 0:16.7 | When I was younger, I went through like bird flu and swine flu and SARS. So it is serious, okay? |
| 0:22.4 | Don't act like everything's okay. Take care of yourself. |
| 0:25.4 | But I do think the media is definitely overhyping this. |
| 0:28.5 | However, the entire city of Wuhan has been locked down. |
| 0:32.4 | Three different cities in my understanding. |
| 0:33.8 | 18 million people are under quarantine with one person telling the BBC. |
| 0:38.7 | It feels like the end of the world. |
| 0:41.2 | Authorities are locking things down. |
| 0:43.2 | People are struggling. |
| 0:44.2 | They're like fighting over food in supermarkets. |
| 0:46.5 | There's a serious panic. |
| 0:47.8 | I've got photos and videos. |
| 0:48.8 | I'm going to show you this stuff. |
| 0:50.0 | There's like dudes wearing hazmat suits with like spraying some kind of gas in the public to like sterilize things. |
| 0:56.7 | There's tons of videos popping up of people being carted away and emergency vehicles. |
| 1:01.0 | I got to say as much as I want to really say I think things are being overhyped. |
| 1:06.2 | It does really feel like the beginning of a zombie apocalypse movie. |
| 1:09.8 | And I really do mean that. |
| 1:11.0 | I know it sounds silly. |
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