Coronavirus 2019-2020 thread (no unsubstantiated rumours!)

LawLeadsToPeace

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That is from Guangzhou and this phenomenon seems to have occurred 10 days ago. However that Twitter account’s explanation of that “tent city” is false. According to this Weibo post:
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The people living in the tents were all released from quarantine but couldn’t go into an area that was closed off due to a Covid outbreak. So they had to stay in tents, which were donated, if there weren’t any other places that were able to accommodate them. In addition, those people are mainly migrant workers, not local residents.
 
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Petrolicious88

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The behavior that has led to millions of deaths isn't something to emulate.
No, neither were the draconian lockdowns Chinese people faced over the last 6 months to a year. Where is the middle ground. For most Americans their lives are starting to return to prepandemic normal, and they are now in a better place than they were a year ago.
 

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No, neither were the draconian lockdowns Chinese people faced over the last 6 months to a year. Where is the middle ground. For most Americans their lives are starting to return to prepandemic normal, and they are now in a better place than they were a year ago.
The lockdowns in the west were far more draconian than the lockdowns in China or anywhere else in Asia, yet you don't complain about that.

As for the current policy of zero covid there are other factors at play. The Chinese government are far more aware of the threat COVID possesses than you or I. Maybe it really is an American/Chinese bioweapon and we're living in the biological equivalent of a nuclear war. That seems to be the official policy of both American and China last time I checked. If true, it would make sense to keep citizens as protected as possible until the threat is eliminated because the enemy could always release another variant.

From what I've seen first hand I wouldn't use anything the west is doing as a benchmark for dealing with covid. If America is doing something I think it is a safe bet that it is the wrong thing.
 

daifo

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No, neither were the draconian lockdowns Chinese people faced over the last 6 months to a year. Where is the middle ground. For most Americans their lives are starting to return to prepandemic normal, and they are now in a better place than they were a year ago.

I think the problem is that the CPC set itself up to take all the credit when things go well which ends up also having to face blame if things go bad. Decentrialize democracy... People die, country burns... who cares? You still get your pay check and pension. At worst you don't get re-elected then can work for some consulting firm or think tank.
 

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I think the problem is that the CPC set itself up to take all the credit when things go well which ends up also having to face blame if things go bad. Decentrialize democracy... People die, country burns... who cares? You still get your pay check and pension. At worst you don't get re-elected then can work for some consulting firm or think tank.

Under the communist system, we can blame the stupidity of the central planners and bureaucrats for mistakes. In the western democratic system, I’m told we are responsible for our own government, so we have no one to blame but ourselves.
 

manqiangrexue

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No, neither were the draconian lockdowns Chinese people faced over the last 6 months to a year.
Well, they aren't to emulate anymore cus once COVID has ravaged your country like in the West, it's too late for Zero COVID to save you. What's a lockdown that's not draconian? A suggestion? LOL
Where is the middle ground.
Between 5,000 people dying and 1.1 million? Lots of countries are there.
For most Americans their lives are starting to return to prepandemic normal, and they are now in a better place than they were a year ago.
Don't know about a year ago; there wasn't a recession last year. Certainly better than in 2020 though. Let's see what happens in 2023. Amongst 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, it's likely that 2021 will emerge the only year in where there wasn't a recession for the US. But hey, $1,000 check oughta cover it! Vote GOP; never forget we gave you that check! LOL
 

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I read only 1 out of 20 Americans or 5% have not been infected by COVID according to Harvard researchers.
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I am part of this 5%, and even my wife and I are going maskless after our 2nd booster except in non-ventilated situations like airplane. The virus is never going away, sooner or later, China has to determine an acceptable minimal amount of death that is not US-level, but is not zero either.
I don't know why people focus on death so much, long covid is way worth than death imo, some of the results are actually life-changing disabilities.

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Based on serosurveys 70%+ of Canadians have probably been infected at least once, following the trend it looks like it will reach 95% very soon.
 
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