China would never lie, they definitely risked an economic setback as worse as the cultural revolution for just 10,000 lives. Please ignore all the cell phone bill subscription terminations.
China is trying really hard to make people think they have stopped the epidemic, so they aren't blocked from entry to other countries.
I can't find the article now, but maybe someone else remembers: it's all a lie. People are still lining up at hospitals in Wuhan for treatment.
I did read an alternate explanation for the cell phone subscriptions: Some people in China have multiple cell phone subscriptions: one at their home, and one where they work. If they have been confined at home, they may have let their work subscriptions expire.
This doesn't make sense in the US, as our service is nationwide, with no roaming or long-distance fees. It wasn't always that way, until AT&T rolled out a nationwide plan in the late 90's and the others followed suit. But, is that still true in China? I don't know. Anyone know?
And aside from our "road warrior" consultants (I used to be one), the US doesn't have large scale migration of people from their homes to a distant location for work. I flew home almost every weekend, but in China they live in dormitories run by the factory, and only go home for holidays.
If China's mobile subscription count remains depressed over the next year and doesn't jump back up to previous levels, then something definitely doesn't add up. But until then, I'm skeptical.
From my understanding of it, that isn't the case with the mobile carriers who are the ones reporting the major dip. The phones in China act like a digital passport and ID within the big cities. Not having one is a huge deal, as it means you can't access many government services or take/make payments.
Realistically, most of the numbers won't correlate with deaths. What it does mean though is that those people couldn't make the required payments or otherwise felt it was worth abandoning.
I'd be willing to wager China's economic situation is absolutely fucked right now.
They were at a breaking point with Trump's hardline trade stance. It's why the historically image-conscious China broke down and gave in to Trump's demands.
I imagine the real economic scene there is a 5-alarm fire.
China would never lie, they definitely risked an economic setback as worse as the cultural revolution for just 10,000 lives. Please ignore all the cell phone bill subscription terminations.
China is trying really hard to make people think they have stopped the epidemic, so they aren't blocked from entry to other countries.
I can't find the article now, but maybe someone else remembers: it's all a lie. People are still lining up at hospitals in Wuhan for treatment.
I did read an alternate explanation for the cell phone subscriptions: Some people in China have multiple cell phone subscriptions: one at their home, and one where they work. If they have been confined at home, they may have let their work subscriptions expire.
This doesn't make sense in the US, as our service is nationwide, with no roaming or long-distance fees. It wasn't always that way, until AT&T rolled out a nationwide plan in the late 90's and the others followed suit. But, is that still true in China? I don't know. Anyone know?
And aside from our "road warrior" consultants (I used to be one), the US doesn't have large scale migration of people from their homes to a distant location for work. I flew home almost every weekend, but in China they live in dormitories run by the factory, and only go home for holidays.
If China's mobile subscription count remains depressed over the next year and doesn't jump back up to previous levels, then something definitely doesn't add up. But until then, I'm skeptical.
And they got their 50 cent Troll Army out in full force. It's absolutely crazy.
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From my understanding of it, that isn't the case with the mobile carriers who are the ones reporting the major dip. The phones in China act like a digital passport and ID within the big cities. Not having one is a huge deal, as it means you can't access many government services or take/make payments.
Realistically, most of the numbers won't correlate with deaths. What it does mean though is that those people couldn't make the required payments or otherwise felt it was worth abandoning.
I'd be willing to wager China's economic situation is absolutely fucked right now.
They were at a breaking point with Trump's hardline trade stance. It's why the historically image-conscious China broke down and gave in to Trump's demands.
I imagine the real economic scene there is a 5-alarm fire.