, associate professor in the government department, suggests in an that China may be distorting the data in its fight against coronavirus. Although the country has significantly slowed the spread of the virus, the numbers may be exaggerated, he argues.
鈥淥nce the central government鈥檚 to win the 鈥溾 against the virus became clear, numbers shifted to achieve that vision,鈥 Wallace writes in his piece. 鈥淪uch shifts would probably be subtle 鈥 not hundreds or thousands of hidden deaths, but instead excluding deaths that could be attributed to other types of pneumonia or heart failure, for instance.鈥
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