Opinion: Why would we trust China’s official COVID-19 numbers?

A Chinese man wears a protective mask on his chin while reading a Communist Party newspaper outside on March 19, 2020 in Beijing, China.Like all wars, the global battle against COVID-19 has given way to damaging disinformation, propaganda and conspiracy theories. It’s bad enough that spotty data and testing have compromised the fight.

of the coronavirus outbreak to a wet market in Wuhan where live, wild-caught animals were being sold for food or medicinal purposes, China stepped up its generosity toward European governments struggling with a surge in COVID-19 cases.For weeks following the emergence of a mysterious pneumonia-like illness in Wuhan in December, Chinese President Xi Jinping’s government systematically suppressed information related to the outbreak.

GlobeDebate Why indeed? 🤬

GlobeDebate OK, we can't trust China, we can't trust America... then what? Just guessing?

GlobeDebate Meaningless to Canadians. Get on with real Canadian news issues. China virus numbers are like Trump drivel. You publish that too. Stop it.

GlobeDebate Just like Canada withholding demographic numbers.

GlobeDebate If you care so much about the number, why don’t u care also how they do it so successfully to contain the virus?

GlobeDebate They’ve tried to hide it from their own people and the rest of the world from the onset, so why should anyone trust what they say! Had they been truthful from the beginning, there would most propably not be a world pandemic. Food for thought!

GlobeDebate Oh I dunno because every time it was suggested they lied, and it was many times, government response was something along the lines of “we have every reason to believe China is being honest with us”

GlobeDebate We shouldn’t actually and never should past, present and future

GlobeDebate We cannot trust American numbers either, as very little testing has been done. Canadian numbers are also skewed (low) because of some lack of testing.

GlobeDebate I didn't?

GlobeDebate Why do we care? Keep ahead of this or your precious capitalism will implode and we get down get down 1799 style.

GlobeDebate I am more concern about our number rather than China’s

GlobeDebate I have to say that you’ve done a great job of reporting here. G&M are getting back in my good category. Great work.

GlobeDebate You wouldn't. But also, why would I trust Canadian elites who trust the Chinese?

GlobeDebate Nothing China says can be trusted. .

GlobeDebate Chinese culture is not to lose face. The CCP/govern bureaucracy does not allow their 'communist well run society machine'to be found wanting, not functioning properly, criticized or questioned. Anything said by the Chinese government, govern run media taken with a grain of salt

GlobeDebate Pretty spot on.

GlobeDebate Ontario has changed their reporting ... justsaying

GlobeDebate But you do trust India's covid19 nimbers? 1800 cases and 42 death? Forget about other countries and focuse on yours.

GlobeDebate benefit.

GlobeDebate Nothing in this article actually gives us any reason to believe China is lying. It just says ‘hey guys, we all know China lies about stuff right? So they gotta be lying about this!’. Vaguely gesturing to line ups at a crematorium isn’t an argument.

GlobeDebate I don’t believe the number of any country. So many people are not able to get test!!! But China has now opened their factories and are supplying PPE to the rest of the world.

GlobeDebate A better question would be 'Why do we trust anything the Globe and Mail prints'?

GlobeDebate The Chinese govn't changed the way they calculated the no's several times. So no (^$) way. The no's are fudged. So when the news says that the US now has more than China,Ha.That can't B proven if u fudge the no's and I'm sure some were buried without an autopsy to determine cause

GlobeDebate ChinaLiedPeopleDied

GlobeDebate You can't trust anything these idiots say. China caused this mess.

GlobeDebate Cuz Trudeau and Dr Tam Do!!!!!!!!!!!!

GlobeDebate Because JustinTrudeau is a weed smoking fool

GlobeDebate Why do we care? It’s not important

GlobeDebate Because you’re fools.

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