> In the optimistic scenario, a month from now we can calculate, from data outside mainland china, that the CFR is perhaps .3% or below

What so absurd is it will take the world a month to know how serious this virus is. By that point it's likely too late to do anything to stop it.

It's beyond disgusting that China is putting the entire world's population at risk due to pride and ego.

Essentially "we'd rather screw over potentially millions of lives everywhere rather than admit how poorly we handled this".

...and they just keep digging.