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Originally Posted by mugwump
Doubt they’re entry errors. I think it’s 1) misinformation or 2) real data. I saw one of the earlier ‘leaked’ screenshots and it was consistent with case projections curves from epidemiologists using a Ro of 3ish I believe. The ‘official’ numbers are all suspiciously low.
Whoever is doing this is risking their freedom/life. It’s entirely reasonable to assume someone who does know the official numbers is collaborating with a Tencent techie.
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Caveat: I’m not a virologist or epidemiologist. I spent a good deal of time chatting back and forth with a Dr. James Wilson, CEO of M2 Medical Intelligence, on LinkedIn. Apparently, his company provides consultation and analysis to “clients”. He argues that China has been forthright and exemplary in their response to the situation. My questions primarily focused on the fact that we have no reason to trust China on this and based on their actions, alone, shouldn’t we assume it is much worse than the lowball numbers being disseminated?. I even provided the Tencent link to him for consideration. He questioned its authenticity, which we should all be hesitant to accept as fact.
Running his business for “clients” (could be multinational companies, etc) I’m sure requires him to present as stable of an analysis as possible; however, I find it foolhardy and dangerous to to assume China is being truthful or that they are a model to follow. Maybe I’m cynical, but one only need look to the CCP treatment of Uighurs, Christians, political dissidents, and student protesters to know that they do NOT give a damn about people’s lives.
I’ve appreciated your information and outlook on this. Thanks.
ETA: If you’re interested, here are links to his company site and LinkedIn.
https://www.m2medintel.com/
http://linkedin.com/in/jamesmwilsonv