That's why the Chicom government is comfortable in ignoring and then hiding the death toll and reporting embarrassingly ridiculous numbers in the weeks that follow. It's also why they can say that the virus was created and inflicted on them by the US Army and say it with a straight face. The Chicom leaders are used to their citizens lapping up the propaganda and everyone knows that people are basically disposable. If you step out of line, they kill you. Look at what's happened to the whistleblower reporters and doctors.