coronavirus...put it into perspective

free radical wrote:

WTP-GC wrote:

rexlion wrote:
China seems to be on the downhill side of this outbreak. They say the incidence of new cases as well as the incidence of deaths in China have both declined for the past month. China's population is 1.435 Billion. Total deaths attributed to this virus, as of now, stands at 3,255. If my math is correct, that's a mortality rate of 0.00022% of the population in the nation that was the origin and epicenter of the disease. (Mortality rates are supposed to be calculated versus total population, but many news sources are figuring death number versus number diagnosed with the disease, a misleading statistic if it's called "mortality rate.")

Chine is the king of misinformation. State run media, health care, completely communist society...yet we are to believe what they’re saying? Much of China is on some form of lockdown/quarantine/whatever...but they are reporting that their factories are operating at nearly full capacity. Huh??? How is that possible? Well...they lie!!

That doesnt make any sense
Why would China leaders need to lie?

All workers wear protective masks and avoid physical contact,easy to do imo.
Tesla China factory runs just like that even now.

Did you know that China has the largest number of Billionares in the world!
Seems like their style o Comunism isnt all that bad.

China health care may not be perfect but with population of 1.4 bilion
Its doing ok and Everyone is covered
https://youtu.be/N6kuU5hNbCk

Actually, you're wrong. Just for fun, I looked up the matter of most billionaires. All the top results on Google show that the USA has the most...followed by China. An article from Business Insider ranks it 705 to 285 (USA vs. China). I would say that's not even close. But since being a billionaire is something that probably none of us can relate to, let's look at millionaires. The same website says it 18,614,000 to 4,447,000 (USA vs. China). So yes, Communism of any style (including China) is BAD!!!

People in China have long wore masks because of horrific air pollution, not because of their fear of spreading infectious diseases. They wear masks in factories because of the terrible conditions they work in.

Again, China LIES!! As I said before, they are the king of misinformation. They are the kings of counterfit goods, and shamelessly so. We all know they are manipulators of currency worldwide. The state controls EVERYTHING about their daily lives, normal routines, news distribution, healthcare, etc. I'm not saying that they haven't taken positive steps to combat this virus or that they aren't working with other countries to try and eradicate it...but anything that comes out of their mouths has to be taken with a grain of salt. We've already seen where some sources leaked information that the Chinese government was lying about "actual" data. They've even been criticized for what they didn't tell their own people in the early stages of this virus. So...we need to work with them, but complete trust is totally out of the picture.