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You are assuming they are reporting actual death numbers instead of suppressing them, which is an assumption I don't know why anyone would make. https://www.fo

• whimsicalism 4y ago
  I don't doubt some deaths are underreported, but if they had seen anything close to the death rate & spread & hospital influx as in the US, it would have been obvious from outbound traveler antibody tests as well as just social media reports. The Economist "model" your article relies on is seriously, seriously flawed. It is laughable to see it reported on as if it is ground truth. I highly encourage you to look into the details of how they get the numbers your article is citing.
  • lamontcg 4y ago
    There's also a "Schroedinger's China" problem here with the argument that China is covering up a massive number of deaths. If they'd already been hammered by coronavirus and covered it up, then they'd have high levels of natural immunity and wouldn't need to be pursuing this zero covid policy.
    • slaw 4y ago
      They can have high levels of natural or vaccines given immunity and still pursue zero covid policy.