It cannot both be true that a large number of people can be infected without knowing it and that fewer than 100,000 people out of 1.3 billion have been infected in China. If people can have the virus without being aware of it, the total number who have been infected could be massively understated.
But China is only beating the virus by taking the strictest of quarantine measures, something western countries are either unwilling or unable to do.
Iran is the test bed of a laissez-faire approach, but we don't have any credible statistics from there.
But I repeat that the WHO has been behind the curve on this one, possibly because they have been criticised in the past for being too zealous - but better to be over-zealous than to let the pandemic happen as it has.
Originally Posted by: Maunder Minimum