{"id":872,"date":"2020-12-26T12:14:36","date_gmt":"2020-12-26T12:14:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/weblog2.com\/b\/?p=872"},"modified":"2020-12-26T12:14:36","modified_gmt":"2020-12-26T12:14:36","slug":"42-increase-of-covid-19-cases-in-mainland-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.andreaswacker.com\/blog\/2020\/12\/26\/42-increase-of-covid-19-cases-in-mainland-china\/","title":{"rendered":"42% increase of covid 19 cases in Mainland China"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Today there are 20, yesterday there were 14. So, no, there is no news here. It is insane that China is not being used as an example of what works. Of course the regime there is stupid and evil. They can soon treat <a href=\"https:\/\/in.reuters.com\/article\/china-parliament-crime-idINL1N2J6035\">12 year olds as criminals<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But Covid is not a problem for them in the amount it is for western countries. And still no efforts are been made to seriously look at how they do things and what could be applied to other countries. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Knowingly triggering Godwins law I like to point out that &#8220;Operation Paperclip&#8221; was a success for the US. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today there are 20, yesterday there were 14. So, no, there is no news here. It is insane that China is not being used as an example of what works. Of course the regime there is stupid and evil. They can soon treat 12 year olds as criminals. 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