C.I.A. Hunts for Authentic Virus Totals in China, Dismissing Government Tallies
Intelligence officials have told the White House for weeks that China has vastly understated the spread of the coronavirus and the damage the pandemic has done.
WASHINGTON — The C.I.A. has been warning the White House since at least early February that China has vastly understated its coronavirus infections and that its count could not be relied upon as the United States compiles predictive models to fight the virus, according to current and former intelligence officials.
The intelligence briefings in recent weeks, based at least in part on information from C.I.A. assets in China, played an important role in President Trump’s negotiation on Thursday of an apparent détente with President Xi Jinping of China. Since then, both countries have ratcheted back criticism of each other.
Obtaining a more accurate count of the Chinese rate of infection and deaths from the virus has worldwide public health implications at a time of grave uncertainty over the virus, its speed of transmission and other fundamental questions. For American officials, the totals are critical to getting a better understanding of how Covid-19 will affect the United States in the months to come and of the effectiveness of countermeasures like social distancing, according to American intelligence agencies and White House officials.
So far, to the frustration of both the White House and the intelligence community, the agencies have been unable to glean more accurate numbers through their collection efforts.
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我今早循例给我姐打电话, 和她说到国内新冠数据的事, 她说她觉得中国的死亡数据是相对真实的, 但在湖北可能会有没有确诊就去世的人没有计入死亡总数。 这点和我的看法一样。 我姐又说, 为什么美国现在去关心着些事呢, 应该把本国的疫情控制好再说啊。 对她的问题我也无言以对, 因为我只是普通人, 也不大懂政治。 我姐也只是个七十多岁的退休老人。 她最担心的是我的女儿的状况。
我想CIA是不是在说, 美国政府当初认为中国医疗这样落后, 缺乏人权的国家才死了三千多人所以觉得这疫情不值得重视? 所以中国政府在数据上撒谎造成了Coronavius 在美国的蔓延。