03-27-2020, 11:01 AM
I use Occam's Razor on China numbers.
The U.S. already has more cases than China. That tells me China numbers are phony baloney.
China has what, 4x the U.S. population? And, China - though it did enact tougher restrictions than the U.S. has or ever will and mobilized nationally - was asleep at the wheel for what, 6 weeks before really acting at all?
If Italy says it has 10x its reported cases, China probably has 20x.
The ONE mitigating factor that must be the devil's advocate position is China, like other Asian countries made mask wearing mandatory.
Oh, and speaking of masks... I was chatting with someone from India on Skype this morning. She told me police are hitting people with batons if they aren't wearing masks when outside, and then telling them to pull their shirts up over their mouth and nose if they don't have one. India is terrified of a big outbreak for obvious reasons, but we all in the U.S. should be wearing masks too!
The U.S. already has more cases than China. That tells me China numbers are phony baloney.
China has what, 4x the U.S. population? And, China - though it did enact tougher restrictions than the U.S. has or ever will and mobilized nationally - was asleep at the wheel for what, 6 weeks before really acting at all?
If Italy says it has 10x its reported cases, China probably has 20x.
The ONE mitigating factor that must be the devil's advocate position is China, like other Asian countries made mask wearing mandatory.
Oh, and speaking of masks... I was chatting with someone from India on Skype this morning. She told me police are hitting people with batons if they aren't wearing masks when outside, and then telling them to pull their shirts up over their mouth and nose if they don't have one. India is terrified of a big outbreak for obvious reasons, but we all in the U.S. should be wearing masks too!