Why Italy and Iran?

Italy and Iran have been two of the countries hardest hit by the W***n c****av***s, outside of China. Why? Helen Raleigh explains at The Federalist:

The reason these two countries are suffering the most outside China is mainly due to their close ties with Beijing, primarily through the One Belt and One Road (OBOR) initiative.

OBOR is Beijing's foreign policy play disguised as infrastructure investment. Here's how it works: China and country X agree to do an infrastructure project in country X. Country X has to borrow from a Chinese bank to finance the project. A contract is always awarded to Chinese companies, which then bring supplies and Chinese employees to country X to build the project.

As a result of One Belt and One Road, there are more than 300,000 Chinese living in Italy. Bet you didn't know that!

Almost exactly a year ago in March 2019, against warnings from the EU and the United States, Italy became the first and only G7 country to sign onto OBOR. As part of the deal, Italy opened an array of sectors to Chinese investment, from infrastructure to t***sportation, including letting Chinese state-owned companies hold a stake in four major Italian ports.

Lombardy and Tuscany are the two regions that saw the most Chinese investment. Nearly a year later, the first W***n c****av***s infection case in Italy was reported in the Lombardy region on Feb. 21. Today, Italy is experiencing the worst c****av***s outbreak outside China, and Lombardy is the hardest-hit region in the country.

The Iran case is interesting as well:

2019 was the year Iran officially signed up to OBOR. China sees Iran as a crucial player to this initiative because Iran is not only rich in oil but also lies in a direct path of an ambitious 2,000-mile railroad China wants to build, which will run from western China through Tehran and Turkey into Europe.

Today, Iranian health officials trace the country's c****av***s outbreak to Qom, a city of a million people. According to the Wall Street Journal, China Railway Engineering Corp. is building a $2.7 billion high-speed rail line through Qom. Chinese technicians have been helping refurbish a nuclear-power plant nearby. Iranian medical professionals suspect either Chinese workers in Qom or an Iranian businessman who traveled to China from Qom caused the spread of the c****av***s in Qom.

News reports indicate that a number of high Iranian officials have contracted c****av***s, and I believe at least one or two have died. Raleigh explains:

Although on Feb. 1 the Iranian government banned its airlines from flying to China, it made an exception for Mahan Air, an unofficial airline for the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.

The WSJ reported that Mahan Air had carried out eight flights between Tehran and China between Feb. 1 and Feb. 9 to t***sfer Chinese and Iranian passengers to their respective home countries. This explains why so many high-level Iranian officials are infected by the c****av***s, including First Vice President Eshaq Jahangiri and more than 20 lawmakers.

Relying on China for economic development was never a good idea, but it turned out to be more dangerous than anyone knew.

https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2020/03/why-italy-and-iran.php

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https://www.businessinsider.com/5-million-left-w***n-before-c****av***s-quarantine-2020-1
There were 5 million people who left W***n, before the C****av***s was reported to the US in mid-January, 2020. V***s was known in China early Nov. 2019. These people traveled all over the countries of the world. And perhaps tens of thousands had entered the US since Nov 2019, until the v***s was reported to the US. US banned traveler Jan 30th from China, and those most infected countries.

Before we knew about it, so many at the Airport had already entered the US, in NY, California, Washington State, with so many population from China and Asia.

Likewise, Italy also and the rests of the countries of the world. I wish this v***s was immediately reported to the US and the world, in Nov. once it was discovered.

Solution to this requires unity for our country, not division. We need to unify, cooperate, and listen to the president, the CDC, and Dept. of Health. If you have good ideas how to curve it, please present. All of us must think, and not politicize, because this is an emergency that affects the life of our country.

God did not cause this. God wants to help us. But God wants us to open our eyes, what is most important in our lives. God, family and friends, and the rests follow according to priorities.