I think you're referring specifically to the "political and cultural pressure in China" part of my original post. I was basing this on reporting from the New Yo

I think you're referring specifically to the "political and cultural pressure in China" part of my original post. I was basing this on reporting from the New York Times [1] of the original outbreak. It very well might be that the reporting has improved since then, but I do think that there is evidence to say that there was manipulation of data, or at least a very strong incentive to under-report cases initially. [1] https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/30/podcasts/the-daily/coronavirus.html?showTranscript=1 https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/30/podcasts/the-daily/corona...