China Falsifying Health Statistics

 

Wuhan Residents Dismiss Official Coronavirus Death Toll: ‘The Incinerators Have Been Working Around the Clock’

Wuhan residents are increasingly skeptical of the Chinese Communist Party’s reported coronavirus death count of approximately 2,500 deaths in the city to date, with most people believing the actual number is at least 40,000.

To massively distort a country’s health statistics during a pandemic is to damage the accurate planning of other countries who must now fight the same illness. China’s misbehavior should be formally called out at the UN. Nikki Haley would have been the perfect UN Ambassador to do it. Kelly Craft will have to rise to this occasion.

I can’t imagine that with the technology available and the number of legitimate sources we have in China that these allegations can’t be confirmed by solid reporting. If the news media doesn’t do the job it will be because the news media refuses to. No news of the obvious can be the fakest of fake news.

UPDATE: It looks like the Wall Street Journal is stepping up. At least they are trying to do a real story on this subject.

A Wuhan Writer Takes On China’s Communist Machine and Becomes an Online Star – WSJ.com

UPDATE 2: Another shoe drops.

U.S. Intel Confirms China Hid Severity of Coronavirus Outbreak

Communist officials in China have hidden the severity of the coronavirus outbreak within their borders, under-reporting both total cases and fatalities linked to the disease, the U.S. intelligence community reportedly confirmed in a classified report to the White House.

Wuhan, the capital of China’s Hubei province, is the birthplace of the novel coronavirus illness (COVID-19).

During the early stages of the epidemic in China that was later deemed a global pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO), Beijing hid the extent of the viral outbreak, muzzling and jailing whistleblowers and critics in a move that allowed the disease to gain a firm foothold across the world.

Citing three officials familiar with the classified report issued by the American intelligence community, Bloomberg revealed on Wednesday:

The officials asked not to be identified because the report is secret and declined to detail its contents. But the thrust, they said, is that China’s public reporting on cases and deaths is intentionally incomplete. Two of the officials said the report concludes that China’s numbers are fake.The report was received by the White House last week, one of the officials said.

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  1. Sisyphus (Rolling Stone) Member
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    James Lileks (View Comment):

    Any sources on the carcasses sold in markets? I can’t imagine a scientist doing that. I can imagine the guy in charge of putting them in the furnace doing it.

    If so, that’s messed up, as the kids used to say. “Hey, you got any bats for supper?”

    “No, but my guy’s bringing by a bag of desiccated, hacked-up bats from the Disease Lab up the road, so if you want to hang out for a while I can set you up.”

    “Cool, thanks”

    Sooo judgey, they are just so quaint and authentic I could just eat them up! Safe spaces, dude!

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  2. David Carroll Thatcher
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    James Gawron (View Comment):

    David Carroll (View Comment):

    James Gawron:

    I can’t imagine that with the technology available and the number of legitimate sources we have in China that these allegations can’t be confirmed by solid reporting. If the news media doesn’t do the job it will be because the news media refuses to. No news of the obvious can be the fakest of fake news.

    If I remember correctly, China booted out American reporters who were interested in telling the truth.

    Dave,

    In WWII the media didn’t sit on its @ss in the Rose Garden trying to gotcha the President. They took risks too.

    They want credit for things they haven’t done. All they are good for is a daily cheap shot at Trump. Pathetic. They need to earn their bloated salaries. I don’t want to hear that the Chinese government won’t like it. So what!

    Regards,

    Jim

    So true.

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  3. Fake John/Jane Galt Coolidge
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    David Carroll (View Comment):

    James Gawron:

    I can’t imagine that with the technology available and the number of legitimate sources we have in China that these allegations can’t be confirmed by solid reporting. If the news media doesn’t do the job it will be because the news media refuses to. No news of the obvious can be the fakest of fake news.

    If I remember correctly, China booted out American reporters who were interested in telling the truth.

     

    Where did they find American reporters that were interested in telling the truth?  Can we have them back?  We can use a few of those.  

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  4. RushBabe49 Thatcher
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    Fake John/Jane Galt (View Comment):

    David Carroll (View Comment):

    James Gawron:

    I can’t imagine that with the technology available and the number of legitimate sources we have in China that these allegations can’t be confirmed by solid reporting. If the news media doesn’t do the job it will be because the news media refuses to. No news of the obvious can be the fakest of fake news.

    If I remember correctly, China booted out American reporters who were interested in telling the truth.

     

    Where did they find American reporters that were interested in telling the truth? Can we have them back? We can use a few of those.

    As far as I know, the Wall Street Journal tells the truth.  They were the first ones kicked out.

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  5. OmegaPaladin Moderator
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    James Lileks (View Comment):

    OmegaPaladin (View Comment):
    That said, I would not be surprised if the virus escaped from the Wuhan institute. China is legendary for poor safety practices. I heard reports that used lab animal carcasses were being sold in markets. China played a key role in worsening this crisis and I hope they are forced to pay for it.

    Any sources on the carcasses sold in markets? I can’t imagine a scientist doing that. I can imagine the guy in charge of putting them in the furnace doing it.

    If so, that’s messed up, as the kids used to say. “Hey, you got any bats for supper?”

    “No, but my guy’s bringing by a bag of desiccated, hacked-up bats from the Disease Lab up the road, so if you want to hang out for a while I can set you up.”

    “Cool, thanks”

    This is the main source – Steven Mosher of the Population Research Institute  in the NY Post

    I have emailed the PRI for more sources on this subject.

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  6. Fake John/Jane Galt Coolidge
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    RushBabe49 (View Comment):

    Fake John/Jane Galt (View Comment):

    David Carroll (View Comment):

    James Gawron:

    I can’t imagine that with the technology available and the number of legitimate sources we have in China that these allegations can’t be confirmed by solid reporting. If the news media doesn’t do the job it will be because the news media refuses to. No news of the obvious can be the fakest of fake news.

    If I remember correctly, China booted out American reporters who were interested in telling the truth.

     

    Where did they find American reporters that were interested in telling the truth? Can we have them back? We can use a few of those.

    As far as I know, the Wall Street Journal tells the truth. They were the first ones kicked out.

    Doubtful, they most likely were telling their own lies and not the Chinese lies.

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  7. James Gawron Inactive
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    Fake John/Jane Galt (View Comment):

    RushBabe49 (View Comment):

    Fake John/Jane Galt (View Comment):

    David Carroll (View Comment):

    James Gawron:

    I can’t imagine that with the technology available and the number of legitimate sources we have in China that these allegations can’t be confirmed by solid reporting. If the news media doesn’t do the job it will be because the news media refuses to. No news of the obvious can be the fakest of fake news.

    If I remember correctly, China booted out American reporters who were interested in telling the truth.

     

    Where did they find American reporters that were interested in telling the truth? Can we have them back? We can use a few of those.

    As far as I know, the Wall Street Journal tells the truth. They were the first ones kicked out.

    Doubtful, they most likely were telling their own lies and not the Chinese lies.

    FJ/JG,

    Then the Chinese may have overestimated their integrity. Now the question is will they kowtow to get back in?

    Regards,

    Jim

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  8. Fake John/Jane Galt Coolidge
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    James Gawron (View Comment):

    Fake John/Jane Galt (View Comment):

    RushBabe49 (View Comment):

    Fake John/Jane Galt (View Comment):

    David Carroll (View Comment):

    James Gawron:

    I can’t imagine that with the technology available and the number of legitimate sources we have in China that these allegations can’t be confirmed by solid reporting. If the news media doesn’t do the job it will be because the news media refuses to. No news of the obvious can be the fakest of fake news.

    If I remember correctly, China booted out American reporters who were interested in telling the truth.

     

    Where did they find American reporters that were interested in telling the truth? Can we have them back? We can use a few of those.

    As far as I know, the Wall Street Journal tells the truth. They were the first ones kicked out.

    Doubtful, they most likely were telling their own lies and not the Chinese lies.

    FJ/JG,

    Then the Chinese may have overestimated their integrity. Now the question is will they kowtow to get back in?

    Regards,

    Jim

    They will, too much money to be made.  

     

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  9. James Gawron Inactive
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    Fake John/Jane Galt (View Comment):

    James Gawron (View Comment):

    Fake John/Jane Galt (View Comment):

    RushBabe49 (View Comment):

    Fake John/Jane Galt (View Comment):

    David Carroll (View Comment):

    James Gawron:

    I can’t imagine that with the technology available and the number of legitimate sources we have in China that these allegations can’t be confirmed by solid reporting. If the news media doesn’t do the job it will be because the news media refuses to. No news of the obvious can be the fakest of fake news.

    If I remember correctly, China booted out American reporters who were interested in telling the truth.

     

    Where did they find American reporters that were interested in telling the truth? Can we have them back? We can use a few of those.

    As far as I know, the Wall Street Journal tells the truth. They were the first ones kicked out.

    Doubtful, they most likely were telling their own lies and not the Chinese lies.

    FJ/JG,

    Then the Chinese may have overestimated their integrity. Now the question is will they kowtow to get back in?

    Regards,

    Jim

    They will, too much money to be made.

    FJ/JG,

    Perhaps. Of course, swallowing a small genocide might produce indigestion.

    Regards,

    Jim

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  10. The Reticulator Member
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    What does bat taste like, anyway? Is it anything like hamster? 

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  11. Instugator Thatcher
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    CarolJoy, Above Top Secret (View Comment):
    The story those audits tell is a mortality rate of 0.6 to 0.7% over all identified cases.

    Not true. In S. Korea the mortality rate is 1.7% or about 17X seasonal flu, Germany is reporting a fatality rate of 1.3% or 13X seasonal flu.

    CarolJoy, Above Top Secret (View Comment):
    This is a far cry from the ridiculous 3.4% mortality rate touted by the WHO official whose mis- calculations started the entire collapse of the world’ s societies.

    So while the WHO is off by a factor of 2, you are off by a factor of 2-3. 

    The Korean data also shows that about 30% of people don’t have identifiable symptoms, while both Iceland data and S Korean data show there isn’t a large, undetected population with the virus. Iceland has about 1% without previous connection, while S Korea has about 10% of cases identified without previous known connection.

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