On 3/11/23 10:19 PM, RichA wrote:
> BBC:
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> By Kathryn Armstrong
> BBC News
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> The World Health Organization has warned that China is under-representing the true impact of Covid in the country - in particular deaths.
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> The removal of most restrictions last month has led to a surge in cases.
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> But China has stopped publishing daily cases data, and has announced only 22 Covid deaths since December, using its own strict criteria.
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> "We believe that definition [of a Covid death] is too narrow," WHO emergencies director Dr Michael Ryan said.
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> Dr Ryan said China's figures "under-represent the true impact of the disease in terms of hospital admissions, in terms of ICU admissions, and particularly in terms of deaths".
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> China last month changed its criteria for what constitutes a Covid death, meaning only those who die of respiratory illnesses are counted.
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> This goes against WHO guidance, which encourages countries to count the number of excess deaths - how many more people die than would normally be expected based on death figures before the pandemic hit.
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> Dr Ryan added that China had increased its engagement with the WHO in recent weeks, and said he looked forward to receiving "more comprehensive data."
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> But he also suggested individual health workers could report their own data and experiences.
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> "We do not discourage doctors and nurses reporting these deaths and these cases," Dr Ryan said. "We have an open approach to be able to record the actual impact of disease in society."
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> The UK science data company Airfinity estimates more than two million Covid cases a day in China, and 14,700 deaths.

You said it was just like the flu. Even as a vegetable you look stupid.

> trotsky
> > RichA
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> > The UK science data company Airfinity estimates more than two million Covid cases a day in China, and 14,700 deaths.
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> You said it was just like the flu. Even as a vegetable you look stupid.

The draconian covid restrictions China imposed (which ultimately didn't do jackshit, as we can now see, despite it being
pointed out at the time) only delayed the inevitable, as the Chinese people were prevented from acquiring immunity to covid.

Welcome to the club...