Politics plays a role - of course it does.
Chicoms lie all the time if it's to their advantage - of course they do.
But the major reason the numbers are wrong is simply fog of war. I could very well be tasked with doing our numbers in three-six months, and if the situation on my town was the situation in Wuhan, accurate numbers would be the last thing on earth I'd be worried about.
Under Britain’s Pandemic Influenza Response Plan, protocols are set for ensuring the isolation and treatment of patients for “the first few 100 cases” in order to gather detailed information about a new virus.
But a new attempt to control the virus’ spread may be implemented after a series of high-level meetings between health officials.
***Senior managers have been told that the NHS could stop testing patients once around 100 cases have been confirmed across the country if there is evidence of “sustained community transmission” within the UK, The Sunday Telegraph reports.***
These are cases not linked to any known or previously identified cases.
Good point...
I agree. If the hospitals are that overwhelmed they are simply pushing people through.
In a city of 11 million how many heart attacks, appendixes, and kidney failures do the have every day? It has to be in the hundreds...if not more.
It’s a mess. And there is no one standing there with a clipboard counting.
I am no fan of the government, but my heart breaks for the folks in the middle of this.