G4 EA H1N1 (novel swine flu): Apocalypse Later?

[The Greater Ohio Valley]

It begs the question though, why do so many diseases come from China,

It's a fairly large country with a lot of people living in it.

and what can we do about it?

Nothing. New diseases are gonna keep emerging, there's literally nothing we can do about that short of gamma-ray bursting all life off the planet.

[Australian rePublic]

It begs the question though, why do so many diseases come from China,

It's a fairly large country with a lot of people living in it.

Yea, fair enough, but don't forget the fact that they have like 19th Century hygine standards

and what can we do about it?

Nothing. New diseases are gonna keep emerging, there's literally nothing we can do about that short of gamma-ray bursting all life off the planet.

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I supoose that another thing we could do is clean up the joint

[Vetalia]

Yea, fair enough, but don't forget the fact that they have like 19th Century hygine standards

As well as 19th century food safety standards...I would doubt conditions in any slaughterhouse or meat packing plant in China (to say nothing of the "wet markets") are any better than those described in The Jungle.