OK. Shit's getting real. China is mobilizing it's military to deal with the virus outbreak...

A professional team of 150 #PLA medical staff from the Second Military Medical University are flying to #Wuhan by Air Force plane to prevent and control the spread of #pneumonia caused by the new #coronavirus. pic.twitter.com/HjwROXed3d

— People's Daily, China (@PDChina) January 24, 2020

Different culture, different set of standards but this should raise eyebrows and at the same time be a bit comforting to Chinese citizens.

First I have to be consistent here.  When we see humanitarian crisis in the US and other Western countries I always wonder why we don't deploy our military to assist local govts when they seem overwhelmed.

The same applies to China.  For that reason I believe that their citizens should be comforted.  These are Chinese soldiers assisting Chinese citizens.  They're suffering a potentially deadly outbreak of disease and they're seeing their soldiers "rushing to the sounds of chaos".

Second is the fact that this should raise eyebrows.  Those troops are rushing aboard a transport to deal with a virus outbreak.  Not a wildfire or earthquake but an outbreak.

Spooky as hell.

Shit just got real in China.