Thread by @gdemaneuf

I just finished this translation of a Caixin article of March 2020 that deserves to be better known:
bit.ly/Caixin_WuhanHo…

This is much more than a description of the situation within Wuhan Central Hospital.
@thedeadhandbook

The politically acceptable link to Li Wenliang’s story is actually the occasion of a most ravaging article on the tug of war between the Health Commissions and the CDC, played across all hospitals in the city, and on how the CDC was totally bypassed for political reasons,

.. with a detailed description of the institutionalized mis-reporting and a long list of tricks used till around 20 January 2020, such as near-total obstruction of reporting,

.. supplemented by deletions of cases, dubious test results, etc:
@Tantalite

.. when 'political awareness' was more important than a correct diagnostic.
@KatherineEban

This is now article #17 in my growing list of key translations about the outbreak.
bit.ly/KeyTranslation…

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