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Sometimes it's also possible to draw inferences by observing how the numbers were massaged. For example if you look at the red graph of confirmed cases at [1],
by yorwba 7y ago
Sometimes it's also possible to draw inferences by observing how the numbers were massaged. For example if you look at the red graph of confirmed cases at [1], there's a very noticeable jump from 1-17 to 1-18. Coincidentally, the third session of the 13th Hubei Provincial People's Congress concluded on January 17. [2]
[1] https://3g.dxy.cn/newh5/view/pneumonia https://3g.dxy.cn/newh5/view/pneumonia
[2] http://en.hubei.gov.cn/news/newslist/202001/t20200119_2006424.shtml http://en.hubei.gov.cn/news/newslist/202001/t20200119_200642...
- dis-sys 7y agoThat jump was explained in details when it happened - test kits were made available shortly before that date. To be more specific, first batch of test kits were delivered to Wuhan on the 16th Jan [1]. [1] http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_5588213 http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_5588213
- yorwba 7y agoThat explains why the speed of diagnosis increased, thanks. Do you have a similarly good explanation for why the lab tests that, starting with 59 cases of unknown origin on January 5 [1], had confirmed 41 cases of coronavirus by January 11 [2] failed to detect any new cases until the better test kits arrived? [1] http://wjw.wuhan.gov.cn/front/web/showDetail/2020010509020 http://wjw.wuhan.gov.cn/front/web/showDetail/2020010509020 [2] http://wjw.wuhan.gov.cn/front/web/showDetail/2020011109035 http://wjw.wuhan.gov.cn/front/web/showDetail/2020011109035