Agreed. But, that still wouldn't stop the CCP from trying to deny that it happened or continues to take place, just as they're actively lying about the death count in just Wuhan as many locals reported that crematoriums were running 24/7 and urns were being delivered by the truckload daily for the families of the dead [1].
I don't think we'll ever truly know the death count from all of this on Mainland China, mainly because the CCP are trying to spin the optics away from their culpability in trying to cover it up and the censorship to do so while trying to change the narrative to suit their ends.
1: https://www.businessinsider.com/wuhan-residents-say-chinese-...
The Chinese populace aren't stupid, and China doesn't have the level of totalitarian control that North Korea has. Flat out denying it happened is a great way to weaken how much trust the population have in the state media.
Highlighting the (supposed) superiority of the Chinese approach to solving it to the rest of the world, now there's a gold mine, and you can be very subtle about that.
They're a mix of conditioned (brain washed) and terrified at being disspeared by the CCP.
Make no mistake this is a CCP caused pandemic, and is aptly called the CCP-Virus in Hong Kong: I fear anything short of having the CCP on trial for Crimes Against Humanity in the The International Court of Justice will only exacerbate the problem and will lead to further pandemics, as they never learned from SARS.
They censored the Physician calling out to the World how grave this disease was, and he subsequently died. Citizen Journalists have since gone missing that exposed the decrypted state the hospitals were in and the amount of dead were piling up and left aside.
[0] https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/we-cant-stop-funeral...
"We need to pick up bodies when they call us. Every day, we need at least 100 body bags," a crematorium worker named Mr. Yun told the Epoch Times"
It was reported with SARS-1 (2002/2003) in Toronto and S. Korea, and probably China.
IIRC, with SARS-2, it was a major concern in Italian and US hospitals.
1. They had enough PPE (quite possible - the first place hit should have plenty available)
2. No staff caught the virus (this seems unlikely - even with perfect protection at work, some should have caught it at home?)
