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Re:Current estimates about the Covid-19 fatality rate may be... by m0zg on Wednesday March 25, 2020 @06:48PM (#22689191)
China "had" whatever comrade Xi allowed it to publish so that his "leadership" doesn't look too bad. I wouldn't put too much trust in that data.

Edit: CCP comrades downvoting this, here's how "zero new cases" is being achieved in your country: https://www.reddit.com/r/PublicFreakout/comments/fosodi/covi...

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Re:Current estimates about the Covid-19 fatality rate may be... by Stevvo on Thursday March 26, 2020 @10:48PM (#22700076)
There is no mention of Coronavirus in that video. Someone took a random video of a dispute in a hospital and literally pulled the title out of thin air.

That said, the no new cases sure does sound like bullshit.

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Re:Current estimates about the Covid-19 fatality rate may be... by m0zg on Thursday March 26, 2020 @11:01PM (#22700107)
> no new cases sure does sound like bullshit

As does 50-60 cases a day per 1.5 billion people when your test accuracy is pretty much a random number generator (as Spain has unfortunately found out when they received Chinese tests). I'd have a much easier time believing 5-7K new cases per day. For China that'd be the same as 1K per day for the US, which for us would be not an issue at all, if it kept steady.

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