Originally Posted by
CW247
Sorry but the above comment is based on what? oh yeah, gossip. Chinese society will start to get back to normal (in terms of open shops, roads, venues) in under a month. Max flight schedules possibly 3 months. In about 6 months, it will be like nothing happened. The Chinese cannot survive like this and the CPC knows they need to get everyone back to their jobs. With that, air travel will slowly start to return to normal.
I think you need to change months to years. This is just getting started imho.
The situation in China is clearly out of control - plenty of videos online that back that up.
Their delayed and ineffective response has allowed this virus to spread globally. The WHO is finally starting to admit the truth after spending the last month pandering to the Chinese.
A team from the CDC has not been allowed to travel to China - the only thing that makes sense is that allowing them in will expose the true extent of the situation.
The published figures are just the tip of the iceberg - probably limited by the number of tests/day their labs can handle. They are not testing people who died outside their hospitals - so they are not being counted in the published figures.
What is happening on the Diamond Princess gives a good indication of what is probably taking place in Chinese cities.
The economic impact of this should not be underestimated - I would expect severe supply chain problems globally with all the associated knock-on effects.