On the other hand, some are skeptical that the China’s claims are really correct. They point to reports about refusal to test people with symptoms and higher than normal pneumonia deaths.
My observation is that is clear the China has avoided an epidemic that would have killed millions, but it is difficult to say whether they have been as successful as claimed in the official figures.
Do you think China is exaggerating its apparent success in controlling the virus?
Much of Europe and the US has emulated extreme lockdowns based on the apparent success in China. What happens if the claim of victory is premature? Does that invalidate the lockdowns?
you are so right. Liberals were just on here the other day saying “but but china can be trusted about telling everybody they had a pandemic” you really cant make this stuff up.
I find it curious that the US media are quick to fact check every nuance of Trump’s tweets and accuse him of lying at any alleged inconsistency, but they seem more than happy to accept the party line from China with little questioning.
For example CNN repeated the China’s announcement with no fact checking or skepticism.
The US news media are owned by companies that make movies and operate other businesses in China. China regularly censors Hollywood movies, and it can make life hard on foreign companies that don’t cooperate.
It does not surprise me that US news media tend to be very uncritical of the Chinese government.
they put in travel ban.
they started wide spread testing 20,000 a day.
they tracked every-step of infected carrier (they devoted over 500 police officers to this job)
they alerted people via their phones where infected people traveled so people would be tested.
they shut down all public event, school, etc
they didn’t panic.
you are so right. Liberals were just on here the other day saying “but but china can be trusted about telling everybody they had a pandemic” you really cant make this stuff up.
