When China Sneezes: From the Coronavirus Lockdown to the Global Politico-Economic Crisis

About this book

The 2019 novel Corona Virus now COVID-19 stole global headlines in the opening months of 2020 and its many impacts are still to play out. The common adage If the US sneezes the world catches a cold is now demonstrable in a multiplicity of ways but it is China that has sneezed. This anthology provides insight into the nature of global pandemics such as SARS MERS Ebola and HIV/AIDs then focuses on Wuhan where COVID-19 broke out -- though patient zero is as yet unknown. It examines the massive effort that China has undertaken since the outbreak to contain its spread and includes personal stories of the first lockdown experiences. But the impact may be even more grave on the global economy than it is on global health. National and international analysts address the economic impact both within Chinas industrial heartland and on global business as borders close entire regions are on lockdown world airlines cancel flights major US corporations in China shut their doors factory floors empty. and global supply chains break down millions lose their jobs and small businesses tank.. Stocks and the prices of gold and oil are impacted. Soon after the COVID-19 outbreak was announced and the extraordinary quarantine response by China was effected it was learned that Event 201 a global coronavirus pandemic simulation was held just months earlier in which a global coronavirus pandemic killed 65 million people. Many questions arise concerning BIg Pharmas push for vaccines and the mainstream dismissal of the possibility of alternative treatments such as HCQ. Other disturbing questions have arisen: Has the disruption been overblown to inflict damage on China as part of a trade war? On the United States which faces massive damage to its economy in the midst of an increasingly bitter political divide? What are the biowarfare implications in the Wuhan instance where Chinas first BSL-4 level laboratory is situated or in the future in general given the spread of BSL-4 level laboratories worldwide and most extensively the US as states and private entities conduct research into germ warfare including the use of bat-generated viruses for both offensive and defensive purposes putting the entire world at risk of accidental leakage or worse? Is this truly a pandemic -- or is it a plandemic and if so to what end? What are the likely consequences intended and not.