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      Well the government misrepresenting the figures is also a big part of the article but that also happened in the US. Then they anonymously quote a source who “fears government retaliation” for speaking out. Something which actually happened to a whistleblower in Florida.

      But hey, China Bad.

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        To be fair though, just because something bad happened in one country doesn’t mean that now it’s fair game in all the other countries to do the same bad thing.

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          I feel like there’s a bit of false equivalency too, a state gov retaliating isn’t the same as a federal gov retaliating.

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        As fucky as shit is in this country I’d rather live here than China and plenty of Chinese friends of mine who left would never go back.

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      Thats like saying “I feel like eating plums should cure cancer, if you also take chemo and the rest of the treatments recommended by your doctor.”

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      They developed their own vaccine but it was a bit of a dud.