https://twitter.com/dr_gsharma/status/1221291422227152896
Global Times @globaltimesnews
#2019nCoV is not an evolved #SARS. After obtaining genome sequences from dozens of individuals infected with the coronavirus, experts from the Chinese CDC say the new virus is not an evolved version of SARS, though the two are remotely related.
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https://nypost.com/2020/01/26/coronavirus-whistleblower-nurse-says-china-has-90000-sick/
https://twitter.com/Terrence_STR/status/1221100970521829377?s=20
Note that someone has challenged the translation of what the nurse is saying. I can't confirm since I do not speak any Chinese.
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from South China Morning Post https://www.scmp.com/print/news/china/society/article/3047701/coronavirus-contagious-even-incubation-stage-chinas-health
"National Health Commission says understanding of infection remains limited, but its ability to spread is getting stronger. More than 1,300 extra doctors and nurses have been deployed to Hubei to help battle outbreak, with 1,000 more to follow soon"
Off to do things. may not be back on until this evening.
My Chinese language skills are non-native and rusty since I acquired them Berlitz-style via expensive classes decades ago. But the phrase she used was 九万多人死 - jiu wan duo ren si - (courtesy of Google translate) or 90,000 dead. Maybe she misspoke. Maybe she thought that's what the numbers were, but she was wrong. But 90,000 dead was what she said in the video.