I don’t recall any Country putting a lock down on an entire city with a population of 5 million...let alone more than one city with millions in the population.
Refresh my memory
Who did it with Ebola?
“My auntie says everyday hospital is packed and doctors cannot accept any more patients,” Jing said.
The Wetzels say photos they’ve seen of Wuhan are so surprising.
“There’s absolutely no food on the shelves,” Greg said. “We’re seeing lots of photos coming streets completely empty. It’s strange to see that. Wuhan is a huge city.”
In short, I put their government's honesty, concern for the safety of their citizens, and intent to do the right thing up their with Hillary in Benghazi. As such, to what benefit is all of this "transparency" and forced sheltering-in?
I don't doubt there MAY be a bad flu or something. But with their 4Q2019 GDP growth being the lowest in 29 years, if they can blame a bad pandemic vs poor fundamentals for economic weakness, then investors may be inclined to keep funds flowing to PRC.
It was Rahm Emanuel who said you shouldn't let a crisis go to waste. I simply think the Chinese govt is following Rahm's advice.