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Not really, at least not in our culture

Yes in a China grandma is the boss of the whole family

That's slowly changing.

In Chinese culture yes but with most families it’s mother and father especially the mother

Sometimes its the richest aunt/ grandaunt

That would be his grandmother (males) not females

It's called disrespect and then Marilyn Monroe

@@tamekkaknuth9612 what are you going on about

if you're talking about Chinese immigrants, its possible she was in America the longest and then recently (within the last 3-4 decades) she moved her whole family here to the US. asian american history is kinda interesting.

takumi168 oooh that’s cool I mean my English is very interesting I sound like an English person but I’m asian haha

Its different for everyone. I know a woman thats lived in america for over 50 years and still can barely speak english. the language is hard for her. everyone learns at a different pace. Typically the younger you are, the easier it is to learn.

She’s a young actress in makeup.

Chinese immigration started in the mid 19th century. It's not uncommon for grandmas to be born in the US or arrive when they were very young

you should let your self cry. its not healthy to bottle up emotions.

What did Feng ask?

@@vasudhakota972 he wanted his grandma

I was thinking the same thing and I was looking for this comment. By the way, I'll be your huckleberry! I love Doc Holiday😊

Was gonna say the kid looks at least 8

Maybe it’s a very wealthy hospital

Absolutely. While I can’t say I’m to this extreme, I have distant relatives and such who have multiple generations living in the same apartment building or close area. Especially for minority immigrants, who usually come with their entire family at once or have the polar opposite and go decades without seeing any family, a lot of immigrants live like this.

Same for me.

in many asian cultures family plays a huge role in everything. in chinese culture its a thing where whatever grandma says is final haha

Same 😢 my family has never been like this. We usually only talk to and spend time with a few of my aunts and uncles even though my mom has 10 siblings and my dad has 6

I spent most of my life wishing and hoping for my family to be connected. It just us not going to happen...

I understand that pain too. I’m not Indian but my family is just a mess due to generations of abuse and neglect. I am one of the few ones who weren’t beaten but I still had to deal with this. It would be way too long to explain everything but… I know how it feels to be in a broken family, to never feel comfortable and at ease, barely knowing what family actually is. I am grateful for my parents for what they did tho, they did their very best with the little they had.

I was thinking the same thing!

12 is a stretch to me. But hey, kids all develop differently. I once saw an 8-ish year old get asked for their military service papers because he was too tall😂. That’s why we can make kindergarteners line up from tallest to shortest. If they all grew at the same rate it would be way harder.

Some kids are tall and some adults are short. My grandson is 8 and he is almost 4'11. His mom is that tall and he is very close to being taller than her. Your average 8 year old is 4 feet 2 inches.

in america there’s a lot of people who are extremely stupid and don’t vaccinate their infants/kids because of made up stuff they read online. therefore there’s probably a scary amount of people roaming around who could easily transmit/catch TB

​@@jayleighbearThat's not the issue at least not completely. TB in the 1900's was so rampant that 7 out of 10 Americans caught it and 85% of the infected died. The US government was forced to enact a law that until the disease was eradicated, anyone infected with TB were to be taken from their homes and put into hospitals specifically designed to fight the virus; saying no was not an option. After the vaccine was created, they made swift work to get as many people vaccinated as possible and again, refusal was not an option. Nowadays the disease had been eradicated from the US homeland because so many people took the vaccine. Most of the time when someone catches TB it's because they are either in contact with foreigners or they were outside the country where TB is still a problem. Since TB is essentially extinct in the US the vaccine is no longer mandatory. But, to prevent another potential outbreak, most US states still have laws in effect to where anyone who is infected with TB has to be quarantined and refusal can be an arrestable offense. There was an issue in Washington state not long ago where a woman caught TB and refused to isolate. The city authorities tried to reason with her to get her to isolate willingly but she refused citing 'her rights'. To protect the city from an outbreak, the city council was forced to get an arrest warrant from a judge that would force her to isolate at the hospital. As far as I know, she's still in isolation.

maybe they made it more dramatic for the show.

@@takumi2023 or that's USA procedure. I'm not trying to diminish the illnesses, TB is actually awfull. And isn't some illnesses from the past. Some familly members who had symptoms spended like 2 months in medical facility with limited contact. It's just not so easy to spread.

my sister got tb while overseas, tested and lived in us, just took pills i think and stayed away from b12 vitamin and grapefruit maybe? i think it was made dramatic for tv

no lmao that's not how it works. positive TB skin test just means that you have had it or may be a non-infectious carrier, you go do a blood test after to confirm an active infection and then it's less "isolate in a single negative pressure room for nine months" and more "don't go to any wild parties or anything, try to stay by yourself as much as possible while you're existing and make sure you take your meds". this is ridiculous. entertaining to watch, but ridiculous.

was your TB actually active? Latent TB isn't generally contagious and is usually treated outpatient with longterm antibiotics. Active TB is far more contagious, especially in crowded living situations like this family is.

I barely survived a month of isolation when me and my entire family got it

@@andreasanchez1453 dang my parents and sister all got it like 2 weeks ago

Stupid covid 19 🙄

She was most likely singing twinkle twinkle little star. I can't say the full lyrics because I sucked at Mandarin, but Xing means Star (depending on the tone mark).

@@elizabethbaldwin5226 The melody was Brahms' Lulla-bye

For me, it's like that time they got Iwatani for that Pixels movie!

Not at all. All the relatives were just very worried. All of them were concerned so they ended up talking all at once. It's not because they thought the doctor would be able to understand. Heck, if you listen closely, a lot of the relatives were speaking Mandarin too, not English.

You’d be surprised how people behave when they’re worried. My family did the same thing during my first days in the ICU.

its the size of the swelling, not the redness.

"When I was his age, I had to walk to school on one foot. My other foot was starting a business."

But TB treatment is free in India.Medicines free if you go to govt hospital.

Amazing. Almost every word of this is wrong.

Ya like they’re not gonna forget about the two family members

it def isn't lol

Its TV. Expect medical inaccuracies.

Its a drama but yeah what do you expect from a country where you have to choose one or the other: Your health and wellbeing or your entire savings.

The problem is, these shows are supposed to have medical advisors to improve accuracy and all they do is create unrealistic expectations from the medical system. And because the shows play in multiple countries, they create them internationally. No, doctors and medical students/interns/residents do not prep you for surgery... No you cannot see sperm fertilize egg and divide into a zygote within minutes of retrieving the egg (private practice)... No you do not sit up and have conversation with your family within minutes of being resuscitated and intubated... No, the doctor who does your angiogram is not the doctor who does your coronary bypass surgery... and no, your doctor is not the one who administers your IV medications is wards and ICU, or administers your chemo, or gives you your shot unless it is in his office and even then they often have nurses working for them... Even when I enjoy a medical drama, I am constantly astounded and irritated by these things...

Not for TB since it can take months for a person become actually sick. For someone like the mother, who has tested positive but is still fine, they gotta keep her isolated. As she is contagious despite feeling fine and could start feeling sick at any point but they can't pinpoint when. Most TB cases are cured within the 3 month timeframe; it's rare for someone to be sick for an entire year with TB.

@@TimberlakeTigerGirl I read somewhere rhat modern TB quarentines were 2 to 4 weeks. But longer wirh antibiotics.

It's just a show

yep, my mom and I lived in hospitals more than at home. I believe or longest was a little less than a year. could have been longer, most of those years of treatment blur together or are forgotten.

Says more about the area you were in. Cause I couldn't not make an Asian friend. There were so many in my area