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0 pointsAlchemistCamp6y ago0 comments

It's not off topic. Millions of people live in Taiwan, including yours truly.

Taiwan's exclusion from the WHO and other geo-political bullying notwithstanding, the situation regarding this outbreak is dramatically different here than it is in China.

The impacts of travel restrictions on people who have recently visited Taiwan are also dramatically different than those who have recently visited China.

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07d0466y ago· 1 in thread

Indeed, it is not off topic when the topic is "Mapping Coronavirus, Responsibly."

One practical implication of grouping Taiwan with China is that Italy banned travel from Taiwan along with China, even though the situation in Taiwan is basically fine.

It's also not plausible that the author, a professional cartographer, just made a mistake about Taiwan.

hker6y ago

> One practical implication of grouping Taiwan with China is that Italy banned travel from Taiwan along with China, even though the situation in Taiwan is basically fine.

It is interesting that Russia acted differently from Italy: to ban travel from China but not from Taiwan.

artsyca6y ago

Listen there are comments on the post itself raising the idea that responsible includes proper borders let's take the party there and let poor HN off the hook for once

And I agree the implications are far reaching as are the chilling effects and the fact of the inclusion of Taiwan on this map is more relevant than the rest of the article in many people's eyes cannot be discounted

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