Authorities in China say that 425 people have died from the coronavirus outbreak in that country, but one expert says that number represents a false estimate fabricated by a country notorious for secrecy and censorship.
“That number is far too low,” Gordon Chang, author of the book “The Coming Collapse of China,” said Monday on “Tucker Carlson Tonight.”
“There are two reasons for it. One of them… is deliberate falsification,” Chang continued. “This has been going on since the virus was first identified in December. But also there is something that’s even more worrying.”
Chang, who authored the book “The Coming Collapse of China” claimed that local authorities have “just lost the ability to pick up corpses” due to a “breakdown in government.”
“So really what we are having right now is, they are completely overwhelmed,” he added. “They are not able to keep accurate statistics. So what we are witnessing is essentially a breakdown in government and keeping accurate statistics is a very minor part of their priorities right now.”
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