Medical workers pose for photos after seeing cured patients off at the Wuchang temporary hospital in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, March 10, 2020. (Xinhua/Xiao Yijiu)
Zero Hedge/Epoch Times: China's True COVID-19 Death Toll 366 Times Higher Than Official Figure, Analyst Says
The Chinese regime has likely understated the COVID-19 death rate by as much as 17,000 percent in a systematic data suppression campaign to sustain its political image, according to a U.S. analyst.
That would put the number of COVID-19 deaths in China at around 1.7 million rather than 4,636, the two-year cumulative death figure that the Chinese authorities have maintained on the books. That’s 366 times the official figure.
Those findings made by George Calhoun, director of the quantitative finance program at Stevens Institute of Technology, were based on data as of January generated by a model developed by The Economist.
A vast majority of China’s officially recorded deaths came from Wuhan during the first three months of the pandemic, with only hundreds more reported in the rest of the country.
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WNU Editor: My friends and contacts tell me that this 1.7 million number is probably on the low end.
I believe them.
Since the start of the pandemic Fujian province has recorded 1,440 Covid cases and one death. But I personally know two families who live in the province and they lost loved ones in 2020 that they are 100% sure it was due to Covid. But the official cause of their deaths was recorded as pneumonia.
Analysts Say China's True Covid Fatality Number Is Around 1.7Million
Lies, damned lies, and statistics about China’s Covid-19 death toll -- SCMP
Beijing Is Intentionally Underreporting China’s Covid Death Rate -- Forbes