> The Best would be everyone just stick a few weeks to the measures and diminish the countless spots to a few controllable one's.
Isn’t that what China has been attempting for months, rather unsuccessfully?
Isn’t that what China has been attempting for months, rather unsuccessfully?
Regimes lock up particular people when particular people are a threat. They may lock people up unnecessarily just to err on the side of caution. But if they overdo it it can backfire. So far the main reason I hear from Chinese people to criticize Xi and the CCP is mostly about COVID and lockdowns, and never for any of the reasons westerners point the finger against the regime
If you had to choose between a 1% risk of being crippled by COVID, or a 100% risk of living under the strictest lockdown measures your country had for the rest of your life, what would you choose? And the actual risk of long-term consequences is lower.