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207 points jimhi | 10 comments | 06 Jan 22 18:24 UTC | HN request time: 1.864s | source | bottom
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germandiago ◴[06 Jan 22 20:17 UTC] No.29829418[source]▶
This is the sad truth of places like Cuba or North Korea. Everything is forbidden to the point that eating is difficult. So people get corrupted and the guards, etc. just want their part.

None of those things should be illegal. It is really annoying to see how a leader class kills people of hunger and make everything illegal so that now everyone is a criminal for trying to survive.

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908B64B197 ◴[06 Jan 22 20:46 UTC] No.29829874[source]▶
It's the reason it's harder to work in a resort or operate a taxi in Cuba than it is to become a "doctor".

The former has access to foreign currency with a real value. The later can hope to maybe get an exit visa (the government will loan it's "doctors" to foreign regimes in exchange for real currencies).

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reaperducer ◴[06 Jan 22 21:37 UTC] No.29830608[source]▶
I'm curious why you put the word doctor in quotation marks, as if to imply they are substandard.

It was always my understanding that while Cuba lacks a lot of things that many other countries take for granted, that the quality of its doctors was outstanding. I even remember seeing this mentioned in the newspaper at the beginning of the pandemic.

Is this not true, or no longer true? Have I been under a false impression for all this time?

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908B64B197 ◴[06 Jan 22 22:02 UTC] No.29830931[source]▶
> Is this not true, or no longer true? Have I been under a false impression for all this time?

Annecdotal evidence, but an acquintance of mine (who is an MD) encountered Cuban "doctors" in South America and wasn't impressed at all.

> I even remember seeing this mentioned in the newspaper at the beginning of the pandemic.

The thing is that Cuba made a lot of claims about their handling of the pandemic, but as with every communist country out there it's hard to really know what's really going on.

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sudosysgen[dead post] ◴[06 Jan 22 22:27 UTC] No.29831325[source]▶
1. perl4ever ◴[07 Jan 22 03:04 UTC] No.29834293[source]▶
What is the connection between Cuba and "Excess mortality in Wuhan city and other parts of China during the three months of the covid-19 outbreak: findings from nationwide mortality registries"?

Are you saying that since we know that Chinese statistics are accurate, Cuban statistics must also be?

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2. sudosysgen ◴[07 Jan 22 03:30 UTC] No.29834482[source]▶
The original argument is that the "communist strategy" for handling the pandemic doesn't work and that they are faking the statistics.

Beyond that, given the fact that both of them used very similar tactics, we would expect similar results.

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3. 908B64B197 ◴[07 Jan 22 19:29 UTC] No.29843581[source]▶
I don't think there's a connection. I think we might have tripped up some keyword and got a copy-pasted response.

Posting history suggest that poster references this study pretty frequently.

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4. camdat ◴[07 Jan 22 22:32 UTC] No.29845794{3}[source]▶
I've referenced the study twice in about 50 comments, and only in the past 2 days. Not exactly frequently, and I even acknowledge I'm reposting it in the OP.

Incredibly disingenuous to assume everyone that disagrees with you (and with factual data noless) is a bot/shill

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5. 908B64B197 ◴[07 Jan 22 22:57 UTC] No.29846086{4}[source]▶
> factual data

Nothing about Cuba, so nothing factual here.

Wuhan had a lot of international observer since it was the birthplace of the pandemic (and China had to save face and show it was in control).

I would be curious to see similar credible data for Cuba.

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6. camdat ◴[07 Jan 22 23:03 UTC] No.29846170{5}[source]▶
What do you think the word factual means?
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7. perl4ever ◴[07 Jan 22 23:27 UTC] No.29846418{3}[source]▶
If nobody even cares in the first place which country's statistics they are talking about...what is "faking the statistics"?

People. Don't. Click. On. Links.

And if they do, they sure don't read them.

I can't be bothered to read a study promoted by someone who has shown no evidence at all of reading it yet.

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8. perl4ever ◴[07 Jan 22 23:30 UTC] No.29846445{6}[source]▶
It appears to be a study about Wuhan, in China.

Where is the factual data about Cuba in this study?

Assuming you've read it, and you know where it is, please give people a hint.

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9. camdat ◴[07 Jan 22 23:31 UTC] No.29846455{4}[source]▶
I posted this study to show that it's likely "communist" countries are not lying about their COVID numbers. I assumed my use of the word "these" would have made that obvious, but given these responses it seems not.

I have read the study hence why I posted it (couldn't find a study of similar rigor for Cuba specifically). This study sufficiently shows the point I'm trying to make.

To say I didn't read the link to a study I posted is a bit rude no?

10. camdat ◴[07 Jan 22 23:32 UTC] No.29846470{7}[source]▶
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