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This is why I don't trust my country's (Indonesia) total death count. The official total death count is 1613. For a 4th most populous country with very high pop
by neurostimulant 6y ago
This is why I don't trust my country's (Indonesia) total death count. The official total death count is 1613. For a 4th most populous country with very high population density (in Java island, the most populous island in the country) with poor self-quarantine discipline, I find it hard to believe only 1613 people die of covid19 so far. It is likely due to low volume of testing and not counting death unless they're tested positive. Also, anecdotally there seem to be a widespread flu early this year where a lot of people in my circle (including myself) were getting more severe than usual flu-like syndrom. I suspect covid19 was arrived earlier but there is no way to prove it unless most of the population get tested, which is unlikely given how limited the testing here. These days the citizen can get tested but they must pay it themselves unless they are identified as highly suspected individuals by country's tracing orgs, and the test is too expensive for most people here, costing almost 1/4 minimum wage.
- redis_mlc 6y agoFYI: there was a powerful, contagious flu in SE Asia (outside China) as early as Dec. 15 that was probably corona. If you're in Jakarta, what time did you get sick, and were there any other reported flu types in late 2019 or early 2020?
- neurostimulant 6y agoYeah, people in my circle were starting to get some heavy flu around early 2020, around late January 2020 if I remember correctly. I myself caught the flu around early March. Covid test kit was still rare at that time period so I just stay at home. Not sure if I that was covid or not, the only way to find out is probably by doing antibody test which I'm reluctant to do as I'll have to visit a hospital for that. Hospitals here are closing their non-essential services to try to limit the number of people going in and out of the hospital.