Report of Urns in Wuhan Raises Questions About COVID-19 Death Toll
https://time.com/5811222/wuhan-coronavirus-death-toll/

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I saw a headline than said China had lost 21 MILLION cell phone subscribers during the pandemic.

Although I am advising friends who are tight on money to stop paying their bills. I would expect that a large number of that 21 million are alive and broke

> large number of that 21 million are alive and broke

Agreed. So knock it down to 10% of that.

:-)

gallows humor

"Although surgical masks are not tightly sealed like N95s, the filters they contain are still a major impediment to microbes. The CDC and other health agencies often say that surgical masks catch only spurts of bodily fluids and very large respiratory droplets, and that they cannot filter tiny infectious particles. But this is simply not true."

It's Time to Face Facts, America: Masks Work | WIRED
https://www.wired.com/story/its-time-to-face-facts-america-masks-work/

^{Equal time;}

Drop in cellphone users in China wrongly attributed to coronavirus deaths
https://apnews.com/afs:Content:8717250566

^{So, 5%}

C.I.A. Hunts for Authentic Virus Totals in China, Dismissing Government Tallies - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/02/us/politics/cia-coronavirus-china.html

One thing reported from the ground in China is that hospitals in Beijing and Shanghai were NOT overflowing. So to the extent that there was a coverup, it was not like, say, the Mao's Great Famine.

Florida coronavirus deaths higher than reported - South Florida Sun-Sentinel

https://www.sun-sentinel.com/coronavirus/fl-ne-coronavirus-florida-deaths-higher-20200403-3lv7oydemnfudfg5e35och2dpy-story.html