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If you believe anything you've heard about covid coming out of China for the last 2+ years I have a bridge to sell you.

by TheBlight 5y ago

darkhorn 5y ago
If you believe anything China says I have you a bridge to sell you.
- xtian 5y ago
  That would make sense since they’re still building them in China
  - tome 5y ago
    So they say.
    - xtian 5y ago
      Best not to check
- 6thaccount 5y ago
- ceejayoz 5y ago
  If you believe China's been having massive deaths throughout the last two years, why is Shanghai's spike notable? China's great at squashing internal protests, but it's still porous; information gets out, and has throughout the pandemic, from the very beginning with doctors posting on social media that something was going on.
somewhereoutth 5y ago
Large scale infections like we've had elsewhere would be impossible to hide. China's low case and death rate is broadly accurate.
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- xienze 5y ago
  https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/china/ https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/china/ Find me another country on earth whose numbers look even remotely like this.
  - somewhereoutth 5y ago
    It is a testament to the effectiveness of a zero Covid policy rigorously applied. Taiwan has similar figures. Could have been us too!
    - kcb 5y ago
      Heck yea! Locked in our houses for weeks by the authority! A great idea!
      - somewhereoutth 5y ago
        Surely weeks of lockdown are better than a chance of decades of disease and disability?
        petefromnorth 5y ago
        Who pays you to write this shit, seriously.
    - roenxi 5y ago
      > Taiwan has similar figures. Taiwan has 20 million people, an island fortress and is a world-leading example of COVID containment policies. China could not have achieved the result they claim to, as the per capita numbers are laughable and they are also not an island fortress. China contains about 1/8th of the worlds population and massive land borders, the policy response cannot have been as well coordinated as Taiwan's; there has to have been at least one province somewhere that screwed up badly. There will have been large unreported outbreaks.
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If you believe anything you've heard about covid coming out of China for the last 2+ years I have a bridge to sell you.

darkhorn 5y ago

If you believe anything China says I have you a bridge to sell you.

xtian 5y ago
That would make sense since they’re still building them in China
- tome 5y ago
  So they say.
  - xtian 5y ago
    Best not to check
6thaccount 5y ago
ceejayoz 5y ago
If you believe China's been having massive deaths throughout the last two years, why is Shanghai's spike notable? China's great at squashing internal protests, but it's still porous; information gets out, and has throughout the pandemic, from the very beginning with doctors posting on social media that something was going on.

somewhereoutth 5y ago

Large scale infections like we've had elsewhere would be impossible to hide. China's low case and death rate is broadly accurate.

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xienze 5y ago
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/china/ https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/china/ Find me another country on earth whose numbers look even remotely like this.
- somewhereoutth 5y ago
  It is a testament to the effectiveness of a zero Covid policy rigorously applied. Taiwan has similar figures. Could have been us too!
  - kcb 5y ago
    Heck yea! Locked in our houses for weeks by the authority! A great idea!
    - somewhereoutth 5y ago
      Surely weeks of lockdown are better than a chance of decades of disease and disability?
      - petefromnorth 5y ago
        Who pays you to write this shit, seriously.
  - roenxi 5y ago
    > Taiwan has similar figures. Taiwan has 20 million people, an island fortress and is a world-leading example of COVID containment policies. China could not have achieved the result they claim to, as the per capita numbers are laughable and they are also not an island fortress. China contains about 1/8th of the worlds population and massive land borders, the policy response cannot have been as well coordinated as Taiwan's; there has to have been at least one province somewhere that screwed up badly. There will have been large unreported outbreaks.

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