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The Tencent thing is definitely erroneous. The numbers “leaked” were just a transposition of the number of known cases transposed as “dead”. I absolutely hate
by alasdair_ 7y ago
The Tencent thing is definitely erroneous. The numbers “leaked” were just a transposition of the number of known cases transposed as “dead”.
I absolutely hate that China’s powers that be decided to hush up the outbreak. Shame on them. But this specific case is just an error magnified by social media (which very fairly doesn’t believe the official party line either).
- koheripbal 7y agoCan you clarify what's being transposed in the Tencent leak? Here's the writeup: https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3871594 https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3871594
- alasdair_ 7y agoSure. Let me start with a more general observation: those Tencent numbers imply a death rate of at least one in six. Yet when you look at figures from outside of China, we absolute do not have a 1:6 infection to death ratio in known cases from places without any CCP influence. As for the transposition: 154,023 was almost exactly the number of people being monitored for coronavirus. This was NOT the number of confirmed cases, just the people being monitored. 24,589 is almost exactly the number of confirmed cases, yet here it's reported as "deaths". In this particular case, Hanlon's Razor is apt: "Never ascribe to malice that which is adequately explained by incompetence" And again, shame on the CCP for arresting the (now tragically dead!) doctor and other people who first brought this virus to light and tried to warn people. The CCPs need for control over their population caused them to kill hundreds if not thousands of people and contributed significantly to a global pandemic.