Reading the article, the increase in PCR spend for Hubei province was $5m.
The population of Hubei province is 58.9m. The additional spend is 9 cents a person.
I don't know how much a PCR test costs - the UK for a similar size population has spend £billions.
So should we get excited or simply regard it as a minor increase in spend following a review of flu contingency plans, stocks being run down over the previous few years etc etc.
To deduce that it is evidence of a covid escape in May 2019 without further evidence is the stuff of scare mongering or conspiracy theory (IMHO)
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