ness31 wrote:Why would the Chinese government lockdown 25 million people but lie about the number of infections? Maybe they can’t verify the number of infections so to speculate wouldn’t be correct?
I don’t think we can say the Chinese government are downplaying anything.
They only report cases for which they have a positive test (same for deaths). From the looks of things hospitals are completely overwhelmed and people are being turned away.
My friend in Western China said it's 10 times worse than the news media says, and there are cases in her village, 'nevermind the cities'.
China is all in a panic. Travel between provinces is also banned. Every train s station in Hubei is shut down.
And the quarantine is 50 million (or, probably more).