Kim Jong Un cancelled a big parade yesterday

[Leghorn21]

Kim Jong Un canceled a big parade with no real explanation
just as the South Korean press reports coronavirus has hit
North Korea hard and could explode there

Link to tweet

...One sure sign of the regime’s fears is that it failed to stage a parade in central Pyongyang on Saturday, the 72nd anniversary of the founding of the country’s armed forces. Last year, Kim Jong Un himself presided over the procession that displayed the North’s latest missiles and other fearsome hardware along with goose-stepping soldiers in serried ranks....

[jpak]

1. But it's a mild disease - nothing to worry about

Lil Kim is a Chicken Little.

Yup

[underpants]

2. Maybe he'll have everyone's teeth pulled out

That's a reference to "World War Z"

[Midnight Writer]

3. At least Kim has enough sense not to tell people to drink bleach.

[blueinredohio]

4. Isn't it time for Trump to pay Kim a visit?

[Sneederbunk]

5. Only if he can ride in a tank.

[leftyladyfrommo]

6. So many North Koreans are in bad health from

really poor nutrition. So many have starved. An illness like this would be devastating.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

9. That was my very first thought.

Poor nutrition usually means low immunity.

Although NK is low on the scale with travel worries, I can see international restrictions coming soon.

In general, NK people have a horrible life........

[leftyladyfrommo]

10. And they are so bombarded with Dear Leader

propaganda they don't even know there is a much better world out there. They are told they have the best lives if anyone in the world.

And so they eat grass to keep from starving.

[spinbaby]

11. I suspect inadequate medical facilities, too

A fair number of victims need ICU care to survive. I can’t imagine that sort of care is widely available in North Korea.

[leftyladyfrommo]

12. They spend all their money on the military. nt

[soryang]

7. there was no military display of missiles Feb. 8, 2019

WORLD NEWS FEB. 8, 2019 / 2:20 AM UPI/ Yonhap
North Korea quietly marks army's founding anniversary

SEOUL, Feb. 8 (UPI) -- North Korea quietly marked the 71st anniversary of its army's founding, without a military parade or any other provocative show of force, on Friday as leader Kim Jong Un prepares to hold a second summit with U.S. President Donald Trump late this month.

the headline of the Beast's story on this is sensational "scary crazy" which has racist overtones. I wonder why the tweet left off "Pyongyang Petri Dish" printed in red at the top of the story.

See:

"Wuhan coronavirus" and the racist art of naming a virus
The rhetoric around 2019-nCoV — the "Wuhan coronavirus" — plays on centuries-old racist sentiments against Asians

MARIE MYUNG-OK LEE
FEBRUARY 7, 2020 12:00AM (UTC)

https://www.salon.com/2020/02/06/the-racist-art-of-naming-a-virus/

[denem]

8. "Wuhan coronavirus" is accurate.

If the first case of a coronavirus originated in Vancouver, it would be properly called the Vancouver coronavirus. Geography is not racist.