I believe there are some members here who live in China. I'm wondering what insight they feel comfortable providing regarding what is going on in China as far as the Corona virus is concerned, large cities being locked down, etc.

The official numbers being reported here in the US media as far as known number of infected and known number of deaths in China seem much too small to justify shutting down travel in numerous cities of millions of people each.

Posts on social media seem to be telling a much different story, that the situation is much, much worse than what is being officially reported. Hospitals reported to be overrun with thousands of patients, people dying in hospital hallways and the bodies just left sitting there. Videos of bodies in the street being attended to by responders in full on hazmat suits. Doctors and nurses who have been treating patients becoming infected themselves despite all precautions taken. Doctors dying. Government officials fleeing. Reports of 100,000+ infections in Wuhan alone. Reports of the sick being taken away to unknown locations and family members getting threatened for asking too many questions. Rumors that Shanghai will be shut down as far as in and out travel in the next day or two. That kind of thing.

The truth is likely somewhere in the middle, but there is such a wide gap between the official story and the unofficial online chatter. Somewhat unsettling. Interested in the thoughts of others.