[baron_harkonnen]

Do people on HN really have no friends/connections in China? People post comments like this as if it's some mysterious information black hole where we can never know what's really happening.

I communicate pretty often with people living in China and with family and living in China. Things, even close to Wuhan, are returning to normal. People are going out, eating out, socializing more.

From all of the everyday people reporting there is no obvious or visible things not being reported. By and large people in China are primarily worried about America right now.

It wouldn't shock me if there was some important information not being reported, but this conspiratorial "If real information where to leak out" is nonsense since you can very easy interact and talk with actual people living in China.

[smacktoward]

There is also the willingness of Chinese companies and individuals to ship PPE gear to the US. If the government there were really still in crisis mode, you would expect it to clamp down hard on that sort of thing.

[captain_crabs]

This is a pretty good point. However, there's also the chance that they can't use the gear and that's why they're sending it: https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=virus+t...

However, could be this was a one-off genuine mistake (things are hectic). I'd love to know more