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China’s Contradictory COVID Data Conceals an Astronomical Death Toll: Analysis

China’s Contradictory COVID Data Conceals an Astronomical Death Toll: Analysis
Patients on stretchers are seen at Tongren hospital in Shanghai on Jan. 3, 2023. - A senior doctor at Shanghai's Ruijin Hospital has said 70 percent of the megacity's population may have been infected with Covid-19 during China's huge surge in cases, state media reported on Jan. 3. Hector Retamal/AFP via Getty Images
Stephanie Zhang, Ph.D.
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Yuhong Dong
Yuhong Dong
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Massive COVID-19 outbreaks have swept China since last December, following Beijing’s move to abruptly end the pandemic measures it strictly enforced for three years. In late January, amid Lunar New Year celebrations, a top Chinese health official revealed that over 80 percent of China’s population had been infected with the virus.
Stephanie Zhang, Ph.D., is a columnist for The Epoch Times, focusing on brain and neurodegenerative diseases. She has over 20 years of research experience in neuroscience and neurotoxicity, and was a former research scientist in the Memory Impairment and Neurodegenerative Dementia (MIND) Center at The University of Mississippi Medical Center. She earned her doctorate in public health.
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