Posted on 01/26/2020 7:21:05 AM PST by Zhang Fei
A nurse wearing a protective suit and face mask treating the sick in Wuhan has claimed that 90,000 people have already been infected by the coronavirus in China far more than the figure of just 1,975 issued by government officials.
Her warning from the heart of the outbreak emerged as the Chinese government faced accusations of censoring criticism of its handling of the disease in order to play down the crisis.
The outbreak of the new virus originated in China, where it has infected more than 1,970 people and killed 56, and has spread worldwide.
Speaking in video footage seen online, the unnamed woman says: Im in the area where the coronavirus started. Im here to tell the truth. At this moment, Hubei province, including Wuhan area, even China, 90,000 people have been infected by coronavirus.
Chinese President Xi Jinping, saying the country is facing a grave situation, held a politburo meeting on measures to fight the outbreak, state television reported on Saturday.
The country is facing a 'grave situation' where the coronavirus is accelerating its spread, Xi told the meeting, which took place on the Lunar New Year public holiday.
Despite China being initially praised for its transparency in managing the situation, critics have now claimed that officials are scrubbing the internet of videos that reveal the true situation.
However, the nurses report has been viewed almost two million times on YouTube. In the footage, she warns people not to go outside and to refrain from celebrating the Chinese New Year.
She said: I would like to say that everyone who is currently watching this video should not go outside. Dont party. Do not eat out. Once a year, we celebrate Chinese New Year. If you are safe now, you will be able to meet your family again
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Again as reported by the Chinese Government which is in Panic Mode and who have no interest in releasing accurate figures on this scale or any other for that matter. Believe them and there is a good possibility that you will be making a large purchase of a structure over the Hudson ...
It killed by cytokine storm: people would go to sleep healthy and never wake up.
That virus had R0 (transmissibillity) of 1.8.
Low estimates for this are 2.5 (The Lancet).
Again he knows nothing more than we do regardless of his ‘expertise’ he is not in China and is not privy to CCP health data and other closely held records.
Trust is earned and unless he shares the inside data on the situation in China you claim for him, either he’s is a fraud or your trust is misplaced, else he’s just some guy who knows something about diseases.
90,000 dead seems like kind of a lot, really. Thanks Zhang Fei.
WHO says 4% mortality.
Normal flu is 0.07% mortality.
You are correct. 50 dead would not, COULD not, have led to that level of quarantine and economic disruption.
In an epidemic, treatment is only possible while the number of infected is low enough that they haven’t yet overloaded the medical system.
Once the number of seriously ill exceeds the system capacity, things go south quickly.
That is correct.
90,000 DEAD OMG If true - even if half that number we've got a problem... Can a person catch this disease more than once? Like a common cold? Our intelligence thugs must know something...
In total, the CDC estimates that up to 42.9 million people got sick during the 2018-2019 flu season, 647,000 people were hospitalized and 61,200 died
.145% approximately (0.07% would be 30,100)
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