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    1. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 13 Mar 2020

      1. Crucial to understanding Trump's bungling of coronavirus is that he's been treating it as a border control problem rather than a public health problem. Wednesday's speech, with it's talk of a "foreign virus" was part of that.

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    2. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 13 Mar 2020

      2. Trump's America First views (with its hostility towards immigration, trade, and international institutions) has been the prism through which the administration has regarded the pandemic. It's why border control (first China, now Europe) took precedence to testing.

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    3. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 13 Mar 2020

      3. This goes beyond Trump. Even if Trump's bungling hurts him politically, the larger right is absolutely prepared to use the crisis to push ethno-nationalism even harder. Hence the talk, from Tom Cotton & others, of coronavirus as a Chinese bioweapon.pic.twitter.com/eFHvOKzmQk

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    4. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 13 Mar 2020

      4. The moral objections to a xenophobic response to coronavirus are obvious. But beyond that, there's also a practical objection: a global pandemic requires international co-operation. A Fortress America will make things much much worse.

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    5. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 13 Mar 2020

      5. To work through the global pandemic there has to be a massive sharing of medical information. Trump's European ban (done without any prior warning to the European governments) and anti-Chinese rhetoric undercuts that.

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    6. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 13 Mar 2020

      6. The simple fact is the only country in the world that has the productive capacity to make the medical equipment and medicine needed to deal with the pandemic is China. This fact might be regrettable & we might want to change in future. But it's our reality.

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      Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 13 Mar 2020

      Jeet Heer Retweeted VKJudit

      7. The bungling of the Chinese government, of course, is itself a major problem. But it's notable that they realize their productive capacity is an asset and are leveraging it for soft power, as in their recent foreign aid sent to Italy.https://twitter.com/VKJudit/status/1237448125800988675 …

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      VKJudit @VKJudit
      In a call between the two foreign ministers, China agreed to supply Italy with 1,000 ventillators and 2 million masks. Additionally, they are donating (!) them 100k respirators, 20k protective suits, and 50k test kits as part of "massive aid" package. https://www.corriere.it/politica/20_marzo_10/coronavirus-mille-respiratori-cina-telefonata-maio-wang-yi-faa5f50a-62b6-11ea-a693-c7191bf8b498.shtml …
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      • Sweetie Belle John Dallas is Quad Vaxxed 🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈💉😷 Beer Browser I hate it here Petri Aukia pavedwalden (0/1 job) LBM - Playoffs are the Best Time of the Year Joe Lugtu 🐂 Ed Pizzi
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        2. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 13 Mar 2020

          8. Mike Davis, a towering figure, has been warning for decades about the need to shore up international environmental infrastructure to ward against global pandemics. He writes: "Walls not vaccines: could there be a more evil template for the future?" http://links.org.au/mike-davis-covid-19-monster-finally-at-the-door …pic.twitter.com/Zx8VvCfV6A

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        3. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 13 Mar 2020

          Jeet Heer Retweeted nothings monstered

          9. A Chinese foundation is offering to send half a million test kits to USA. As with all philanthropy one might question the motives (likely damage control). Still: China is using crisis to expand its profile while USA becomes more isolationisthttps://twitter.com/nothingsmonstrd/status/1238495559658475525 …

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          nothings monstered @nothingsmonstrd
          Replying to @HeerJeet
          A Chinese foundation announcing it will ship 500,000 test kits to the USA: https://twitter.com/foundation_ma/status/1238317660871393280 …
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        4. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 13 Mar 2020

          10. Some more thoughts on why the America First response to Coronavirus is dangerous:https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/republican-xenophobia-coronavirus-pandemic/ …

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        1. Evil Michael  🎲‏ @czasp 13 Mar 2020
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          The rise of The Chinese Hegemony begins

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        1. nothings monstered‏ @nothingsmonstrd 13 Mar 2020
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          nothings monstered Retweeted Jack Ma Foundation

          A Chinese foundation announcing it will ship 500,000 test kits to the USA:https://twitter.com/foundation_ma/status/1238317660871393280 …

          nothings monstered added,

          Jack Ma Foundation @foundation_ma
          Through a donation of 500,000 testing kits and 1 million masks, we join hands with Americans in these difficult times. pic.twitter.com/tGviVhC6Gx
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        1. garf fartunkel‏ @dafrgama 13 Mar 2020
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          Genuine q: what is the bungling of the Chinese govt that you’re referencing? I’m in China and tbh it seems like the response has been pretty strident here. Do you mean the initial response, or something else?

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        1. cb‏ @seawiz2 13 Mar 2020
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          Better than not if it saves lives!

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