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From what I can surmise, local government has a "zero case" mandate from Beijing where they're supposed to do anything possible to prevent COVID cases, and out
by nazgulsenpai 5y ago
From what I can surmise, local government has a "zero case" mandate from Beijing where they're supposed to do anything possible to prevent COVID cases, and out of fear of the retribution from the party or the desire to be seen favorably, they find a way to report zero cases.
- yorwba 5y agoOnly 11 provinces are reporting zero current cases: https://news.sina.cn/zt_d/yiqing0121 https://news.sina.cn/zt_d/yiqing0121
- nazgulsenpai 5y agoApologies, I meant to say zero cases where COVID is the cause of death, but I didn't make that clear.
- yorwba 5y agoSince they announce a handful of cases every day, they might as well also announce the small share of those that end with the patient dying. The last time that happened (on January 25, 2021, so the headline of the submission here is incorrect) it was just one of many statistics in the report the next day: http://www.jl.gov.cn/szfzt/jlzxd/yqtb/202101/t20210126_7925433.html http://www.jl.gov.cn/szfzt/jlzxd/yqtb/202101/t20210126_79254...