The numbers contradict official figures from Beijing, which has been accused of underplaying the impact of Covid being unleashed on its population.
    • underisk@lemmy.ml
      23·
      2 年前

      Well the government misrepresenting the figures is also a big part of the article but that also happened in the US. Then they anonymously quote a source who “fears government retaliation” for speaking out. Something which actually happened to a whistleblower in Florida.

      But hey, China Bad.

      • Jeena@jemmy.jeena.net
        17·
        2 年前

        To be fair though, just because something bad happened in one country doesn’t mean that now it’s fair game in all the other countries to do the same bad thing.

        • Intelligence_Gap@beehaw.org
          11·
          2 年前

          I feel like there’s a bit of false equivalency too, a state gov retaliating isn’t the same as a federal gov retaliating.

      • Ataraxia@lemm.ee
        11·
        2 年前

        As fucky as shit is in this country I’d rather live here than China and plenty of Chinese friends of mine who left would never go back.

    • InvertedParallax@lemm.ee
      6·
      2 年前

      Thats like saying “I feel like eating plums should cure cancer, if you also take chemo and the rest of the treatments recommended by your doctor.”