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Breitbart published an article suggesting there are five reasons to question China’s claim of zero new coronavirus cases.
The report of zero new coronavirus cases has “sparked celebration across the globe,” but questions remain whether the information is reliable.
Yahoo News as well as Townhall.com published articles that residents and whistleblowers in China “yell it’s ‘all fake’ as central leaders inspect Wuhan.”
The communist regime in China is accused of controlling its country’s media and pushing state-wide propaganda.
According to Breitbart, here are the 5 reasons to doubt the information coming out of China regarding no new coronavirus cases:
- 1. “There are still cases of people reporting symptoms, but China is reportedly refusing to test them.”
- 2.” ‘Cured’ coronavirus patients are dying.”
- “3. There is a surge in “pneumonia” deaths in China that are not being counted as coronavirus.”
- “4. The number of cases in Xinjiang concentration camps remains unknown.”
- “5. Residents of Wuhan don’t seem to be satisfied with their government’s performance.”
More from Breitbart:
1. There are still cases of people reporting symptoms, but China is reportedly refusing to test them.
One patient in China, identified as Ms. Fu, told the anti-communist publication the Epoch Times that her condition deteriorated after officials released her from a “makeshift” hospital. The city has since shut temporary hospitals down, a move which coincided with Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s Wuhan visit this month.
While Chinese officials claim that the hospitals are no longer in high demand due to the purported decrease in cases, some, such as the patient who spoke to the Epoch Times, said people exhibiting symptoms of the virus are continuing to suffer:
Fu said she was not the only patient being released who has not recovered.
After the city announced that all makeshift hospitals would be closed, the Wuhan expo center dispatched a bus to transport patients to quarantine centers. Patients in severe condition were transferred to hospitals. Others who were deemed healthy returned home.
Fu said that she spoke with the roughly 20 other patients on the bus. They similarly had lung damage.A 36-year-old man who was also at the makeshift hospital where Fu stayed died 36 hours after being discharged, according to Fu.
Simply put, there are no new cases to report if the government is closing makeshift hospitals and refusing to see patients. That could be one way the Chinese government is able to report misleading, albeit blatantly false, numbers and thereby spread false optimism.
2. “Cured” coronavirus patients are dying.
In addition to symptomatic patients going untreated, some of those previously deemed “cured” are reportedly dying after leaving hospitals. One patient, 36-year-old Li Liang, passed away less than a month after supposedly recovering from his initial coronavirus diagnosis. Doctors dismissed his renewed symptoms and attributed them to “stress.”
— Advertisement — As Breitbart News detailed:
Li Liang was diagnosed with the coronavirus on February 4 and admitted to one of Wuhan’s improvised virus hospitals on February 12. On February 26, he was released after testing negative for two days, his fever seemingly cleared up, although scans showed massive damage to his lungs from the infection.As per regulations, Li was relocated to a quarantine center in a local hotel for 14 days of isolation and observation. He began complaining of renewed symptoms on February 28 and was too weak to stand by March 2. The doctors attributed his weakness to “stress” and refused to let his wife see him.
Li was back in the hospital by the afternoon of March 2 and dead by sundown. He died in his wife’s arms, telling her that he wanted to go home. She said she wept over his body for hours until a funeral home collected his remains.
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