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China destroyed data and tried to cover up when the outbreak first started, now they are kicking journalist out of the country. I would not believe anything th

China destroyed data and tried to cover up when the outbreak first started, now they are kicking journalist out of the country. I would not believe anything they are saying at this point in time.

fragmede 7y ago
That's an over reductive view, and throws out the baby with the bathwater. China is not a monolithic entity, and while the CCP has, and exerts a lot of control, it is not omnipotent. The number of cases as reported by China will always be suspect, but we are already seeing some information from China being borne out elsewhere. In particular, Italy has been showing similar numbers as China - Covid-19 is particularly lethal to those over 80, less so in children. There are other bits of information we can learn from them, even if we never believe the number of cases is accurate. As far as the emergency hospital situation and the number of cases in China, I'm sure the US government has been keeping track of the situation via spy satellite. The CCP would never have let the fact that one of the hospitals collapsed escape the country otherwise.