Interesting chatter about China and the reliability of their stats. https://twitter.com/yindavid/status/1234335403022442496
Rather speculative from the dailymail https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7971401/Have-real-coronavirus-death-figures-leaked-Chinese-conglomerate-lists-death-toll-24-589.html On Sun, Mar 1, 2020 at 3:42 PM Blaze Spinnaker <blazespinna...@gmail.com> wrote: > > https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/01/health/coronvirus-patient-research-cdc/index.html > > > Though, if our capitalist system works like this maybe we would be better > off with communism. At the very least the CDC should issue a press release > and say they are tabulating data and when the information will arrive. > Stuff like this breeds very very nasty conspiracy theories. > > On Sat, Feb 29, 2020 at 8:46 PM Blaze Spinnaker <blazespinna...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Communism/Fascism is great for quarantining. Not sure it's that great >> for sharing critical information broadly, coming up with vaccines, medical >> tests and and treatments. >> >> >> >> On Sat, Feb 29, 2020 at 6:52 AM Jed Rothwell <jedrothw...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> That was a superb presentation by Bruce Aylward. Jones: thanks for >>> pointing it out. >>> >>> I must ruefully admit that Chinese communism does seem well suited for >>> dealing with this. But, more than that, what Aylward emphasized is the >>> scientific, rational, pragmatic, data-driven approach. That's as much part >>> of U.S., European and Japanese culture as it is Chinese. I'd like to think >>> so, anyway. >>> >>> It is unfortunate that the U.S. effort will be headed up by nitwits who >>> don't even believe in the Theory of Evolution. This is like assigning >>> energy policy to someone who has no idea where electricity comes from. >>> >>> It is unfortunate, but I hope not disastrous. I hope they stay out of >>> the way and let qualified people do their jobs. I fear that even the >>> qualified people will ignore the lessons from China. >>> >>>
