The UN estimates, and no serious researcher disputes, that China fails to report nearly ***49%*** of its total deaths in a *normal* year.
Florida meanwhile has among the strongest sunshine/data transparency laws on earth.
but you go off https://twitter.com/rzhongnotes/status/1262698582752272385">https://twitter.com/rzhongnot...
Florida meanwhile has among the strongest sunshine/data transparency laws on earth.
but you go off https://twitter.com/rzhongnotes/status/1262698582752272385">https://twitter.com/rzhongnot...
yeah i& #39;ll happily clutch my pearls of "consistent and complete vital statistics reporting for 105 years straight" and "complete and reliable death counts within a few weeks"
them is nice pearls next to "the bodies literally never get counted" https://twitter.com/rzhongnotes/status/1262698582752272385">https://twitter.com/rzhongnot...
them is nice pearls next to "the bodies literally never get counted" https://twitter.com/rzhongnotes/status/1262698582752272385">https://twitter.com/rzhongnot...
The extent to which the entire statistical system of China is built on complete fabrications of basic data about how many people live in the country at all is debated; optimists think the error range of Chinese population is just +/- 10 or 20 million people.
Proportionally, that& #39;s like saying Europe may or may not contain Ireland or Croatia; we just can& #39;t say for sure.
That& #39;s the *best* case.
There are thoughtful, careful researchs who put +/- 100 million people around China& #39;s population.
That& #39;s the *best* case.
There are thoughtful, careful researchs who put +/- 100 million people around China& #39;s population.
And on vital statistics like births and deaths, the range of sober, non-conspiratorial debate is an error range of like +/- 30% of the total value.
BUT SURE
Florida firing their webmaster is the same thing
Florida firing their webmaster is the same thing
I& #39;m literally in the Washington Post print edition this week arguing that we can& #39;t reopen safely without ramping up quarantine and isolation programs, but whatever, sure, I just love Applees. (spoiler: I do, actually!)
https://twitter.com/rzhongnotes/status/1262706453615435777">https://twitter.com/rzhongnot...
https://twitter.com/rzhongnotes/status/1262706453615435777">https://twitter.com/rzhongnot...
Reality:
I just won& #39;t sit for a false equivalence between the systematic fraudulence of ~everything China publishes and Florida firing its COVID webmaster.
I just won& #39;t sit for a false equivalence between the systematic fraudulence of ~everything China publishes and Florida firing its COVID webmaster.
You wanna argue Florida is VERY BAD, you go ahead. I& #39;m no fan of Florida Man. But in the tweets I& #39;m now blocked from seeing (lol), the argument made is, I kid you note, that complaining about China& #39;s reporting is pearl clutching.
This is probably the lowest-hostility interaction that has ever led to me getting blocked.
Apparently we& #39;re super sensitive about the completeness of China& #39;s vital registration systems today!
Apparently we& #39;re super sensitive about the completeness of China& #39;s vital registration systems today!
Anyways just so everybody knows China& #39;s vital registration system is abysmal. Much poorer countries do much better. And then the stuff they do publish is often pretty clearly fake. And I& #39;m not even talking about COVID data!
So, she& #39;s blocked me, but she& #39;s chatting with others about how I made up this statistic.
UN estimate suggests <50% registration for deaths, and for births they don& #39;t even bother giving an estimate. https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic-social/crvs/index.cshtml">https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demo...
UN estimate suggests <50% registration for deaths, and for births they don& #39;t even bother giving an estimate. https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic-social/crvs/index.cshtml">https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demo...
World Bank suggests that 62% of all vital events were reported in 2015; not sure if that& #39;s merging births/deaths or what.
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