A PETITION with over 350,000 signatures has been circulating, calling for a ban on people from China travelling to Malaysia. The intent is to supposedly protect the Malaysian people.
Reading its content and call for action, based on the “unhygienic lifestyle” point, one could be mistaken for thinking that it is more xenophobic and bigoted in nature rather than being based on any scientific basis or good public health strategy. But this didn’t stop more than a quarter of a million Malaysians from adding their names to the petition.
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