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I can’t defend the article. But it seems hard to maintain a perspective where we distrust China’s case statistics but trust that they reacted correctly and proportionately to the real scenario.

How so? "Watch what they do; not what they say." If your boss says the project is on track but refuses to let anyone take a sick day, you would think there's more to the story too.

I mean, from the matter of internal security... Its pretty obvious this is putting a big load on their health care systems. Quarantine is a measure to attempt to stop/forestall unrest

From what I understand the virus is particularly dangerous to elderly people or people with compromised immunity in general;