Originally Posted by bobbytables

I think you’re missing my point completely. Cambodia is a useful example of how the number of cases can bear no relation at all to the likely number of infected people, simply because not many tests are being done. That has nothing at all to do with transparency. There are undoubtedly plenty of people in HK who have the virus (or previously had it) and were never counted, not because of any lack of transparency but simply because they never became a “case” by seeking medical assistance.

With some estimates of minor/asymptomatic infection up around 80% of infected people it should be quite easy to understand how the case count can have little to do with the number of infected people, with the ratio between those numbers varying between countries not based on transparency but simply based on how much testing they’re doing, making comparing case counts between countries rather a pointless exercise.

for what it’s worth I also live in HK and am in SG most weeks, though I’m not sure why you brought that up?