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Was in the news that in China the funeral homes urn deliveries are suspiciously larger than expected. In Russia there is a spike of pneumonia looking like dicea

• robocat 7y ago
  The unexpected number of urns answered by the quote from the article that initiated that “news”: There were 56,007 cremations in Wuhan in the fourth quarter of last year. After a month or two of lockdown in Wuhan, the number of backlogged urns is tens of thousands, that is to be expected.
  • robocat 7y ago
    Now incorrect: Bloomberg lowered number from 56,007 to 13,856 in their article — see note at bottom of https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-27/stacks-of-urns-in-wuhan-prompt-new-questions-of-virus-s-toll https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-27/stacks-of... which says “(Corrects characterization of 2018 and 2019 cremations data in story published March 27.)” Original pre-correction here: https://archive.md/g1BDx#selection-2503.0-2507.171 https://archive.md/g1BDx#selection-2503.0-2507.171