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To the extent the CCP covered this up in Nov/Dec, it was definitely an evil act. However, I don't think that should very much move the needle on what we believe
by asdfasgasdgasdg 7y ago
To the extent the CCP covered this up in Nov/Dec, it was definitely an evil act. However, I don't think that should very much move the needle on what we believe about the state on the ground in China today. The country is not so closed off that they could hide ongoing mass COVID infections. The WHO's agreement is only one of the several datapoints I mentioned.
- aww_dang 7y agoEconomic, pollution data is similarly manipulated. Local officials have incentives to misreport this data. Why should infection data be any different? The current CCP narrative is that all new cases are imported. Do you find this credible?
- asdfasgasdgasdg 7y agoI don't know if I believe the exact numbers. I think they are likely at the right order of magnitude.
- TeMPOraL 7y ago> pollution data is similarly manipulated Even the satellite measurements NASA shoots? I'd sincerely like to see the tech behind that coverup!
- aww_dang 7y agoI'm not sure why you would bring NASA into this conversation. https://www.nber.org/papers/w18729 https://www.nber.org/papers/w18729
- malandrew 7y agoNot in the least. That said, having lived and worked in China, any official at the local level would be prudent find a way to attribute all local cases to being imported and not local transmission. This whole debacle will end up being the CCP's Chernobyl moment; systemic failure due to CYA mentality because the consequences from the state apparatus are perceived as the worst possible personal outcome.