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Odds Say China Won’t Send At Least 100 Doctors to USA Before July 4 to Combat Covid-19

JJ De La Torre

by JJ De La Torre in News

Updated Apr 1, 2020 · 2:31 PM PDT

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Coronavirus continues to impact the United States. Will China send help? Photo by U.S. Department of State.
  • The coronavirus (COVID-19) is spreading across the globe and getting worse in the United States
  • China has sent support to some European countries. Will they do the same for the USA?
  • Odds heavily favor “No”, mostly due to Donald Trump’s strained relationship with China

With the Coronavirus pandemic spreading across the entire globe, it appears the World Health Organization’s plan to control the virus isn’t quite working just yet.

President Donald Trump just announced the virus is now considered a national emergency in the United States. Given that cases in the US are growing while China’s have begun to diminish, there’s a question of America obtaining foreign aid from China in this time of crisis.

The subject of the latest political prop from sportsbooks focuse on whether China will send medical help across the Pacific.

Odds China Sends at Least 100 Doctors to USA Before July 4

Outcome Odds
Yes +728
No -1420

Odds taken Mar. 13.

So far, China has sent aid to Italy and Spain. Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio asked his Chinese counterpart, Wang Yi, for help with medical supplies. Yi delivered.

The situation in Italy is a bit more extreme than America at the moment, with the largest number of coronavirus cases outside of China. Presently, Italy is under lockdown.

With medical experts and supplies arriving in Italy and Spain, the focus is now on the next-most affected countries: Iran, South Korea, Germany, France, and the USA.

Naturally, when looking into the potential for USA relief, all eyes are on Trump. Trump has had a rocky relationship with China since he entered office in 2016. He put tariffs on Chinese imports, insisting the US is too economically dependent on China.

Now that the USA is in a moment of crisis, Trump’s past behavior may work against the American public. It is doubtful that Trump would bother asking for help from China at this—or any—point. Trump has shown strides in terms of his efforts to keep America safe, but those efforts are being done internally.

In fact, America seems to have its own strategy for dealing with Coronavirus if Trump has his way. Trump has urged each state to open up emergency operations centers. “We want to make sure those who need a test can get a test,” he said during a Press Conference on March 13.

This bold maneuver is slated to cost America up to $42 billion to keep its people safe. Whether or not Trump’s open-minded financial strategy in relation to Coronavirus will work is yet to be seen, though.

But even so, America seems to be fending for itself for the time being. With news updates rolling in constantly on this topic, literally anything could happen at this point. But for now, it’s almost unfathomable to imagine China sending medical help to the United States.

Pick: No (-1420)

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