Based on wide range of epidemic stats from SK/Germany to Italy/Spain...China’s numbers fit squarely within range of other countries...if it’s “bullshit” they’re coincidentally in the ballpark, and since they got the virus first they can’t retroactively fit their numbers either.
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Or, it’s obvious that China took the idea of trying to contain this thing a lot more seriously than other countries, so all the scary harsh measures people sensationalized outside of China actually worked to keep the spread of infection down?
Not every country is going to have the same proportion of spread relative to a population. It depends on how early they detect clusters and how rigorously they exercise containment measures.Yeah maybe all those yellow body bags are just the new fashionable duffel bag! Maybe the reports of crematoriums running continuously were just guys doing some carnivorous barbecue or something. Maybe China has cured the virus and that's why they have no new cases despite having
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Maybe you shouldn’t form totalizing impressions from singular anecdotes.
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They're not singular and the plural of anecdote is data.
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borders with like 17 other countries and tons of flights. I forgot that China can just cast a magical spell to make thsi infectious disease disappear. The chinese numbers are obviously fake. It's just a question of how fake.
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