Re:Stacks of Urns in Wuhan Prompt New Questions of Virus’s Toll
by tim333 on Sunday March 29, 2020 @07:37AM
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You can explain some of the discrepancy without China actually lying. They always said the official numbers were for people diagnosed of COVID who then died but it was no secret that the testing services couldn't keep up and many people died at home without official testing.
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Re:Stacks of Urns in Wuhan Prompt New Questions of Virus’s Toll
by rstuart4133 on Sunday March 29, 2020 @08:24PM
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If China stayed on the curve the USA is currently on, they would now need about 1.5M urns. The article mentions stacks of 3,500.
To put 3,500 into perspective, article says there are 56,000 cremations per year in Wuhan alone. That's 4,700 a month. Every normal year 9M people die in China.