Why China’s Covid Death Numbers Don't Stack Up

China has reported only a handful of Covid deaths while seeing an exponential surge in virus cases. It's fueling suspicion about the data, reports Bloomberg's Emma O'Brien. "We’re hearing about crematoriums that are being overwhelmed. Hospitals with bodies piling up."

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[chi-jenyang]

Maybe some of the previous dead has turned into undead.

[serverok]

Unlike the West in 2020, when traffic accidents, pneumonia and heart disease was labeled as COVID 19.
This is the other extreme.

[aprilzhang]

USA does not have any problems. The most peaceful country in the world. It wishes all other countries well, too.

[matthewbaxter]

They are deluded if they think they can stop it now.

[kongwee]

You don't want to hear the facts.

[leaderindia]

Contrary to what you reported, the crematoriums in China are now empty, and occasionally a few corpses are brought in, all of which were caused by traffic accidents. .

[刚-oh]

nobody is tracking the number of dead atm, busy saving lives right now.

[garyhochstetler]

And the high fatality rates don’t stack up in the West.

[TunaLounge]

Get your numbers here. Shooting for a million but hoping for 2