china closed all theaters again. so, it's probably out of control there. sounds like they may just be planning to give up and let it burn through the population and not talk about it. the russian plan.
if covid19 was out of control in china, we'd know. all of the conspiracy theories re. china is mostly a reluctance to admit that east asian countries are handling this so much better than are european countries and the united states.
Or people have a grasp of basic math and probability. I don't know about twitter conspiracies but I don't compare China's numbers to the United States numbers when observing that they're obviously lying about their numbers. Look at the Italian timeframe, we know for a fact that China didn't act as quickly, the couldn't. We also know that if it got to Shanghai and Beijing before they instituted a lockdown their numbers don't make sense, unless you think the CDC and WHO are wrong about how easily the disease spreads.
I think South Korea is telling the truth. They have no incentive to lie and their government doesn't have a history of doing so with regard to this virus or otherwise.
Timeline:
Jan. 31: Italy suspends flights to China and declares a national emergency after two cases are confirmed in Rome (2 confirmed cases).
Feb. 20: A man in Lombardy tests positive after previously leaving the hospital without a test. He is believed to have spread the disease widely before developing severe symptoms (3 cases).
Feb. 23: Small towns hit by the outbreak are placed under quarantine. Carnival celebrations and some soccer matches are canceled (150 cases).
March 4: Schools and universities are closed (3,089 cases).
March 8: Several northern provinces are placed under lockdown (7,375 cases).
March 9: The lockdown is extended nationwide (9,172 cases).
March 11: All restaurants and bars are closed (12,462 cases).
March 22: Factories are closed and all nonessential production is halted (59,138 cases).
