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by 0xy 2198 days ago
>has 24 times as many people die as China has

This is predicated on the CCP numbers being accurate, which according to multiple intelligence sources is false. [1]

They also made systematic attempts to withhold information from the WHO. [2]

[1] https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-01/china-con...

[2] https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jun/02/china-withheld...

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I wouldn't put too much stock in their exact numbers, but it's not realistic to think that China has had 24 or 12 or even 6 times as many deaths as publicly reported, let alone on a per capita basis.
China has 18.7% of the world's population and 0.00018% of the current coronavirus cases [0], if you believe their reported numbers. So yes, I'm willing to believe there are vastly more deaths than reported as well.

[0] https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/#countries

Why is it not realistic? The CCP numbers are essentially propaganda and have no basis in reality.

The CCP claims ~4,600 deaths, while there are reports like 5,000 urns being delivered to a single mortuary in Wuhan alone (Wuhan has at least eight mortuaries). According to some reports 40,000 urns were distributed in the span of just 10 days.

That's one city!