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#China has reported zero new deaths today! It& #39;s the first time since the 21st of January when the National Health Commission started publishing daily #coronavirus figures (Official figures usual caveats). It doesn& #39;t matter whether or not I "believe" the number because...
While a "milestone" day with zero official #coronavirus deaths, the most important thing in #China is the trend. There& #39;s a mountain of evidence to show that the trend in #China is real. Doesn& #39;t matter if overall infections are 10 x the official figure, the curve is what matters.
Would #China& #39;s Communist Party elite allow thousands of people to travel from #Hubei (the origin of the #coronavirus outbreak and worst hit province) to where they live in the Chinese capital if they didn& #39;t think it was safe?
I don& #39;t know a single person in #China (I don& #39;t even know anybody who knows anybody in #China) who& #39;s contracted the #coronavirus. I hardly know anybody in #NewYork and #London but I do know people in both those cities with #covid19.
Interestingly, #China’s Communist Party controlled media is not reporting the first 24-hours without #coronavirus fatalities with any great fanfare. The subject isn’t even a key trending subject on Chinese social media platforms.
It was the same when we had the first day with no new home-grown #China #coronavirus infections. It was buried in #China& #39;s Communist Party media. If you weren& #39;t paying very close attention to the evening 7pm TV news you would& #39;ve missed it. We& #39;ll see tonight re zero deaths.
This either means #China& #39;s media outlets know all too well that there are flaws in the accounting here or, more likely, that the Party knows there are flaws in its accounting so it’s ordered a cautious presentation of zero #coronavirus deaths in its media. #covid19
This also comes with #Wuhan, the city where the global #coronavirus crisis first started - about to open again to the outside world in coming hours. #covid19 #China
