[topmonk]

The numbers are ridiculous. What gives it away, is that if you plot them onto a graph, they almost exactly match what an algorithm would predict, unchanging regardless of quarantines, blockades, etc. that have been enacted.

The further kicker is that the model it aligns to is quadratic where an actual virus spread is exponential. So, the Chinese are not only making up numbers and following an ideal model exactly but can't even figure out to use a valid ideal model to generate those fake numbers from.

See more here:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jbvibANxARg

[koheripbal]

Right, but that is because there is a lag in the data. Quarantines have only started recently.

[topmonk]

Huh? They started quarantining patients on January 1st, and fully quarantined Wuhan on January 22.

And that says nothing for why the data matches up exactly to an ideal model and furthermore that model (quadratic) isn't correct for the spread of viruses (which is exponential).

If you look at data from outside of China, you can see a regular jagged line full of noise which you would expect for real data. The data from China stands out like a mannequin in a lineup.