Originally Posted by TobinH

do I trust what comes out of the ccp? state owned media is easily identified. just... don't read it. talk to actual chinese people. why do people act as if it's impossible to know what's going on in china? tens of thousands of people? maybe more? go there on business every year. there are millions of chinese people scattered across dozens of social media sites, several of which are well beyond the control of China. just literally ask them. follow chinese people on twitter if you like. why would you choose these obscure conspiratorial sources over just asking chinese people? if fox news told you your neighbour's home was burning down, and your neighbour pointed to it and said 'uhhh no, it isn't', would you call him a liar?

Wuhan is a manufacturing centre with over 10 million people. it's the home of every kind of facility.

the idea that 'occam's razor' suggests that tens of millions of people are lying to cover up the chinese government's attempt to kill their own people and destroy their own economy is stretching the terms involved well past their breaking point.

oh, and neither 'classic' SARS nor MERS originated in Wuhan. instead of reading these wild conspiracy theories, you could just spend 15 minutes on google.