Originally Posted by
inOban
I keep reading claims that Turkey and/or China are lying. I've yet to see any evidence. The usual check is the number of excess deaths above the normal for the time of year.
Turkey has been silencing it’s nurses and doctors, many have been arrested for speaking out about the dire situation in Turkey. Access to social media has been severely restricted and those found posting any negative comments about the virus or that of the governments handling have been arrested and their posts removed or had threats against their person and families. There are many documented cases by various NGO’s whose reports are available across the Internet. Istanbul has in excess of 40k extra deaths in the first three months of this year.