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Re:S&P 500 triggers 15-minute trading halt for the second ti... by SpicyLemonZest on Thursday March 12, 2020 @05:11PM (#22561778)
But if the virus isn't actually contained, how is lying about it going to help their image or stability? If Beijing hospitals end up stuffed to the brim with pneumonia patients, nobody's going to be fooled by a claim that there are no coronavirus cases.
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Re:S&P 500 triggers 15-minute trading halt for the second ti... by saberience on Thursday March 12, 2020 @05:31PM (#22561990)
No one is looking deeply or focusing on China right now. Due to their level of control they can easily hide the problem. But you're a fool if you think that in the last few days across the WHOLE of China that they had a handful of cases? Even with PERFECT lockdown of literally every person you would expect more than like 20 cases across 1.4B people.
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