Chinese media estimates 500,000 coronavirus cases in Wuhan

["Misfit"]

Cant confirm if true.
https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3936718

 

[Crewella]

Cant confirm if true.
https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3936718
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Or was it just correcting a typo?

 

["Misfit"]

China dont make mistakes

 

[Crewella]

China dont make mistakes

Neither does anyone else, it seems ..............

 

[oldhippydude]

It sounds about right.
The key points in the article are

"Last week, Caixin published the results of a seroepidemiological study carried out in April on 11,000 Wuhan residents, which found that five to six percent of those tested had antibodies for COVID-19. If extrapolated to the city's entire population, this would mean approximately 500,000 of the city's residents have been infected with the disease.

Given that the Chinese government has only reported 50,000 cases in Wuhan, it would mean that 90 percent of cases have not been detected. "

So 5% or 6% might have been infected and that is a lot more than the reported figures.
Something similar is probably be true everywhere that has the virus and as antibody testing becomes more widespread, we will get similar stories from other countries.

The only news here is China manipulates the news which is barely news.

The 5% or 6% number is interesting but from my perspective is disappointingly low. The more people with antibodies the better. I hope our under reporting of cases turns out to be much higher once we get the numbers from our antibody testing.

 

[RAPTOREX]

Taiwan news. It's about as reliable as the Daily Fail.
Taiwan, as everyone knows is the centre of manufactured Propaganda against Chine.
china may well have secrets. But you won't find any in the Tai press.

 

[Mitz]

As far as I'm concerned China lost every shred of credibility the second they started to threaten doctors for trying to warn people about this virus. I don't believe anything that comes out of the Chinese government. Imagine the difference today if their doctors were listened to instead of being bullied in to silence.

 

[Mawsley]

Neither does anyone else, it seems ..............

You appear to be talking about me here

 

[Gert Meyers]

China dont make mistakes

I'd be a little cautious just blindly accepting much of the anti-China rhetoric that's currently flying around.

There's a new Cold War going on, in case you haven't noticed. See also the Huwawei/5G flap.

And who is one of the major promulgators of sinophobic stuff? Why, our friend Pretzeldente El Stupido, of course! I'll let you guess why he's doing this...

 

[Gert Meyers]

And who is one of the major promulgators of sinophobic stuff? Why, our friend Pretzeldente El Stupido, of course! I'll let you guess why he's doing this...

A 57-page memo urged GOP campaigns to blame China for the coronavirus pandemic and insist the term 'Chinese virus' isn't racist

• The National Republican Senatorial Committee sent GOP campaigns a 57-page messaging strategy that urged Republican candidates to blame China for the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a document obtained by Politico.
• The memo said candidates should blame their opponents for not being tough on China and called for them to reject claims that calling COVID-19 the "Chinese virus" is racist.
• The document, created by strategist Brett O'Donnell, said candidates should not defend the president's handling of the pandemic, and to pivot to blaming the Chinese government if Trump's response is questioned.

https://www.businessinsider.com/gop...to-attack-china-for-covid-19-2020-4?r=US&IR=T