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If the virus was so benign then why the Chinese authorities put half the country in quarantine ? There are about 80k confirmed cases around the world, but sinc
by jmnicolas 7y ago
If the virus was so benign then why the Chinese authorities put half the country in quarantine ?
There are about 80k confirmed cases around the world, but since this thing can be asymptomatic for weeks and hospitals don't have the resources to test everybody there are probably many many more unknown cases.
And let's not speak about the trustworthiness of Chinese gov stats.
- SpicyLemonZest 7y agoI can’t defend the article. But it seems hard to maintain a perspective where we distrust China’s case statistics but trust that they reacted correctly and proportionately to the real scenario.
- nexuist 7y agoHow so? "Watch what they do; not what they say." If your boss says the project is on track but refuses to let anyone take a sick day, you would think there's more to the story too.
- rafaelvasco 7y agoFrom what I understand the virus is particularly dangerous to elderly people or people with compromised immunity in general;
- 737maxtw 7y agoI mean, from the matter of internal security... Its pretty obvious this is putting a big load on their health care systems. Quarantine is a measure to attempt to stop/forestall unrest