Is This A Hospital Or A Coronavirus Deathatorium?

Authored by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk,

I have several images of newly constructed Chinese hospitals. Do they look like hospitals?

Bloomberg reports China Sacrifices a Province to Save the World From Coronavirus.

People are queuing for eight hours just to get tested for the coronavirus, said the college graduate, John Chen, who’s 23. His feverish mother is yet to be tested.

“At first I was upset that the hospitals and officials I called for help weren’t willing to do their job, but later I realized that it’s not that they are unwilling to help, but that everywhere is way too short of resources,” he said.

“I don’t blame anyone, because if you grow up in China, you learn that’s how the system works.”

The lead image is from that article. Here are a couple more.

View of WuhanKeting

The above image is from China says death toll hits 563 as confirmed cases top 28,000

China’s National Health Commission said that as of Wednesday night, a total of 28,018 cases have been confirmed and 563 people have died in the country. There were 3,694 new confirmed cases. There were 73 additional deaths, with most of them in Hubei province.

New York City tests 5 people for potential coronavirus

Pretty Beds Here

That images is from the FT article WHO expert says China too slow to report coronavirus cases.

The article notes that John Mackenzie, a senior member of the WHO’s emergency committee broke ranks and called China’s response “reprehensible”.

“There must have been more cases happening that we weren’t being told about,” said Mackenzie.

Previously, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the WHO director-general, lavished praise on China for its response.

Questions Abound

1. Is the world saved?

2. Is China?

3. How many have really died?

4. What about medical supplies?

5. Are those images of functional hospital or deathatoriums?

Only 500 Dead?

Zhumadian, a city in Henan province allows one person per household to leave every five days to buy supplies.

Wuhan, Hangzhou, half dozen other cities with similar restrictions.

And the death count is only 500. Yeah, right. https://t.co/mItwcIRZfM

— Mike “Mish” Shedlock (@MishGEA) February 5, 2020

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Thousand Bed Hospital Built in Record Time

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Hooray! But No Containment in Sight

As Coronavirus Deaths Surge, No Containment In Sight.

And the WSJ reports Wuhan Coronavirus Hospitals Turn Away All but Most Severe Cases

In light of “All but severe cases turned away,” do we have an answer for question 5?

This is truly sad.

Economically, a “Made in China” Economic Hit is Coming Right Up.