{"id":6932,"date":"2020-02-11T13:01:45","date_gmt":"2020-02-11T17:01:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=6932"},"modified":"2020-02-11T13:02:29","modified_gmt":"2020-02-11T17:02:29","slug":"what-in-the-world-are-they-spraying-all-over-wuhan-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=6932","title":{"rendered":"What in the world are they spraying all over Wuhan City?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more--><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/watch-china-spray-entire-city-blocks-contain-outbreak-768x403-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"403\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6935\" srcset=\"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/watch-china-spray-entire-city-blocks-contain-outbreak-768x403-1.jpg 768w, http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/watch-china-spray-entire-city-blocks-contain-outbreak-768x403-1-300x157.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/p>\n<h1>CHINA IS SPRAYING ENTIRE CITY BLOCKS TO CONTAIN OUTBREAK<\/h1>\n<h3>THE FOOTAGE IS APOCALYPTIC: WORKERS ROLL GIANT MACHINES DOWN EMPTY STREETS, BLASTING HUGE PLUMES OF DISINFECTING SPRAY.<\/h3>\n<p>BY VICTOR TANGERMANN<\/p>\n<p>Chinese state-owned newspaper <em>People\u2019s Daily<\/em> has uploaded a video of disinfection work in the city of Wuhan, the epicenter of the <a href=\"https:\/\/futurism.com\/tags\/coronavirus\">coronavirus<\/a> outbreak that has spread across the globe.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Full-front disinfection work has started in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Wuhan?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Wuhan<\/a>, an effort to contain the spread of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/coronavirus?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#coronavirus<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/E3Vg8XcHTP\">pic.twitter.com\/E3Vg8XcHTP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People&#39;s Daily, China (@PDChina) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PDChina\/status\/1226902394765746176?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 10, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The clip is apocalyptic: workers roll giant machines down empty streets, blasting huge plumes of disinfecting spray. Lines of trucks move down large boulevards, filling the air with ominous white mist.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Wuhan, the epicenter of the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/coronavirus?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#coronavirus<\/a> outbreak, began a city-wide sterilization campaign. Chinese netizens hail the move, hoping it will lead the city back to safety. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yzsCwO9WvM\">pic.twitter.com\/yzsCwO9WvM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Global Times (@globaltimesnews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/globaltimesnews\/status\/1224929393664901120?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 5, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/globaltimesnews\/status\/1224929393664901120\">different video<\/a> by state-owned newspaper <em>Global Times<\/em>shows similar activity, including a modified rickshaw sporting a sanitizer cannon mounted to its back.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s still unclear what exactly the authorities are spraying in Wuhan. A report by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/wuhan-coronavirus-china-dispatches-bleach-trucks-to-spray-down-cities-2020-2\"><em>Business Insider<\/em> suggests<\/a> the material could be a low concentration bleach-and-water solution.<\/p>\n<p>The news comes after China placed a number of cities, affecting around <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/02\/06\/world\/asia\/coronavirus-china.html\">50 million residents<\/a>, under quarantine to prevent the deadly coronavirus from spreading. At press time, at least 910 people have died from the virus, with more than 40,000 confirmed cases across the globe, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/gisanddata.maps.arcgis.com\/apps\/opsdashboard\/index.html#\/bda7594740fd40299423467b48e9ecf6\">John Hopkins\u2019 coronavirus dashboard<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The city wide sterilization campaign is meant to stop the airborne coronavirus from spreading. But some experts have argued that wiping surfaces at hospitals and markets is a more worthwhile approach, according to <em>Business Insider<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/futurism.com\/neoscope\/watch-china-spray-entire-city-blocks-contain-outbreak\">https:\/\/futurism.com\/neoscope\/watch-china-spray-entire-city-blocks-contain-outbreak<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6932","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6932","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6932"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6932\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6932"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6932"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6932"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}