In WO, in
in my own P&S thread, and elsewhere, I have been shouting from the rooftops since March that people should
stop panicking. (Though there
is something to panic about: Impending extreme economic hardship, starvation, and unlimited tyranny... I fear hunger more than I fear Covid!) I saw that the self-destructive mass reaction was bad; so did many others, IIRC (?) including you. If people dont heed sound reason, I dont see what the Chinese have to do with itunless the Chinese somehow control other peoples governments, mainstream media, and masses of ordinary people who are blindly terrified into submission.
I think we agree.
My point was simply that the Covid-19 virus was not the second coming of the plague that every govt around the world *except China's* pretends it to be. The recent photos of them enjoying life almost to pre-Covid level days is the proof. And who would know better than the country where the virus originated in the first place, and with 1.4B people has the most to lose?
Why the hell is the rest of the world still in lockdown mode? This is fkn ridiculous.
I think it's because in the rest of the world (with minor exceptions) covid19 numbers are still rising, while china forcefully controlled the spreading rate.
It's a valid and healthy option, because china stopped everyday life to almost zero, until the virus didn't find new hosts. Economically risky, but it seems to work out.
Most other countries governments know they can't control their citizens to that degree china is able to, because of reasons (on both sides).
Sadly, north korea, a country led by a dictator shithead and his trusted influencers, is even able to present even lower numbers.