LEAKED CHINESE VIRUS DATABASE, OVER 6.4LAKHS INFECTED IN CHINA.

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CHINA'S Claims

Beijing claims that since the coronavirus pandemic began at the end of last year,there have been only 82,919 confirmed cases and 4,633 deaths in mainland China. But it’s also possible that the numbers presented to the rest of the world are vastly understated compared to Beijing’s private figures. 

China's National University of Defense Technology

A data set of coronavirus cases and deaths from the military’s National University of Defense Technology offers insight into how Beijing has gathered coronavirus data on its population. The data set, though it contains inconsistencies—and though it may not be comprehensive enough to contradict Beijing’s official numbers—is the most extensive data set proved to exist about coronavirus cases in China. The school publishes a data tracker for the coronavirus: The online version matches with the leaked information, except it is far less detailed—it shows just the map of cases, not the distinct data.

Why is it useful?

Learning more about the coronavirus data used directly by Chinese officials is invaluable for governments elsewhere. It can serve as a valuable trove of information for epidemiologists and public health experts around the globe.A dataset that Beijing has almost certainly not shared with U.S. officials or doctors. 

More than 6 Lakh cases (8 times more than reported)

There are more than 640,000 updates of information, covering at least 230 cities—in other words, 640,000 rows to show the number of cases in a specific location at the time the data was gathered.Each update includes the latitude, longitude, and “confirmed” number of cases at the location, for dates ranging from early February to late April.

It’s unclear how the dataset’s authors define “confirmed” and “recovered”

Like other countries, China has updated its counting methods, as demonstrated in mid-February when Hubei’s reported cases spiked because officials announced they were including patients diagnosed with  CT scans. Unlike in other countries, China’s outbreak peaked before rigorous testing methods were widely available, plus the CCP often manipulates data for political purposes.The dataset reports one case of coronavirus in a KFC in the eastern city of Zhenjiang on March 14, for example, while a church in the northeastern provincial capital of Harbin saw two cases on March 17. 

Data Restricted for America

For its popular coronavirus tracker, John Hopkins University gathers its data on China from DXY, a Chinese medical platform that aggregates cases in the country. But DXY provides information at only the provincial level. Richer  information would benefit researchers, and ordinary people who are eager to know more about how the disease has affected other countries and spread. Even the public version of the National University of Defense Technology dataset sporadically restricts American IP addresses .

Why does Beijing restrict access to its coronavirus data? 

Possibly because of malice or mistrust toward the United States.Possibly because Beijing fears that outside researchers will learn of its extensive cover-up, destroying the narrative that an authoritarian nation like China is better equipped to protect its people against a pandemic. 

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