I am not saying that there IS a conspiracy. I am not saying that there IS NOT a pandemic over there. What I AM asking is: why would a dictatorial, non-transparent communist regime with proven disregard for her citizens and a pro-population control, forced abortion/one-child policy, try to stop the spread of a "pandemic" with high-profile quarantines and press conferences?
I am also coupling that question with the human tendency to overshoot on hysteria during the early stages of a panic. Lots of people thought the recent Ebola scare was going to be The Big One. It wasn't. Same with SARS.
I see panic, fear, and TEOTWAWKI sentiments aplenty here. Every other time that's flared up, it was proven unjustified. Meanwhile, the govt of China - which is as trustworthy and honest as the Clintons - suddenly is speaking to the press. What gives?
Again, its early days and maybe something bad is brewing over there. We should all be vigilant and monitor the situation and wash our hands, especially since influenza is a big killer but nobody freaks over that. But the spectacle of normally rational people, who distrust China and aren't usually prone to being lemmings, buying into this mania hook line and sinker is a little much.
All I'm saying is, watch the main show but also watch what the magician is doing with his other hand.
Your theory is uneducated. Try to figure the price of your theory.
The Chinese do not give a shit about quarterly results. Your suggesting they do indicates a lack of understanding of how they view their economy.
I guess we will see tonight around 6pm when the futures open.
I see what you’re saying. The 50 deaths may be the full-course result of the ~200 ppl infected in December. The typical flu has I think about a 3 week course from infection to recovery. So the reported deaths should significantly trail the infected number during virus spread. This will give a deceptively low death rate. In the US they use infected vs. dead rate, i.e. per-patient, not a running rate like the media.
But imo in years past this would just be flu strain “2019-7” that people would worry about until the vaccine came out the following year.
Influenza kills a lot of people every year. Some strains are more virulent than others. Same as it’s ever been.