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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHow likely is it that some countries will lie about the level of coronavirus infection?
Sneederbunk
(14,207 posts)rzemanfl
(29,540 posts)llmart
(15,499 posts)We've got the Liar in Chief here.
Warpy
(110,903 posts)under the cover of quarantine laws that whisk sick people off to quarantine in godawful conditions while doing nothing to prevent the spread.
Indonesia: They've stated that the disease has been prayed away, that there are no cases there. Think those old boys are going to admit that their prayers are useless? Or that Allah isn't listening?
North Korea: Kind of speaks for itself.
Russia: has a history of not admitting anything it isn't forced to.
Many African countries: See Indonesia.
Some in the "maybe" column, countries with strongmen who don't want to look bad: Philippines, Argentina, Brazil, Turkey. Afghanistan just because it's so disorganized. Syria because it's at war with itself. Not including the 'stans in Central Asia because some of them are far better than we think they are and a all of them are a little better than we think they are.
I honestly think the Chinese have been forthcoming with what they know. This is a new virus and much is unknown about its main method of transmission, whether or not the virus persists after people recover, whether or not people are still contagious after recovery and how, plus a host of other questions In addition, they have a huge population of people without much access to health care except the folk medicine that likely started the problem and people with light cases or even no symptoms who are blowing the whole thing off while infecting others. Nobody knows at this point how many cases there really are because they can't afford to test everybody.
braddy
(3,585 posts)33taw
(2,420 posts)RockRaven
(14,782 posts)And some countries are totally asleep at the wheel/blind because of lack of resources/infrastructure.
And some countries are doing everything that could be expected, but they're still missing cases because that is just the nature of the situation.
So everything we've seen and heard in terms of case numbers and geographic spread are undercounting BY A MILE (yes, I know the units don't match).
Kingofalldems
(38,361 posts)I get the feeling that is a lie.
Mountain Mule
(1,002 posts)That was as of today.
Kingofalldems
(38,361 posts)Mountain Mule
(1,002 posts)milestogo
(16,829 posts)so we don't know the number of actual cases.
PA Democrat
(13,225 posts)33taw
(2,420 posts)The other 45 are from the cruise ship and others that contracted it in China and were flown to the US. I believe they are house two Air Force bases. Trump is trying to make it look as small as possible.
procon
(15,805 posts)their talking toadies. It's happening now.
Demsrule86
(68,348 posts)Mariana
(14,849 posts)is as low as they've been saying? It doesn't make sense.
spanone
(135,632 posts)Link to tweet
He just added this tweet full of carnival barker bullshit...
Link to tweet