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I’ve been seeing containment numbers rising in the millions on the front page of NYTimes. In the morning it was 20 million. Then hours later it was mid 20s. It
by iscrewyou 7y ago
I’ve been seeing containment numbers rising in the millions on the front page of NYTimes. In the morning it was 20 million. Then hours later it was mid 20s. It increased after that again. And now I’m reading 35 million. So, there’s a good possibility that China might be underplaying the infected and death numbers.
- netsharc 7y agoThe numbers in the millions are the population affected by city-wide quarantines, where trains/long distance buses have been stopped from coming or leaving...
- catalogia 7y agoIf the quarantine is indeed growing rapidly, that might suggest that Chinese officials are receiving updated information about the scope of the disease that prompts them to expand the quarantine. A growing quarantine seems to suggest they believe the disease is not yet contained.
- nikofeyn 7y agoif you have even a modicum of knowledge of china, you will understand why certain cities were shutdown. saturday is new year's day in china, and thus, thursday and friday are the two busiest travel days of the year. it's like thanksgiving and the related travel in the u.s. but on a whole other level. since wuhan, where the outbreak originated, has a population of around 10 million, the city and two surrounding cities were closed down to prevent the, then upcoming, exodus and intake of millions of people, a percentage of which would be infected or would potentially become infected and then would return to their origin city, further spreading the virus.