Tuesday, April 05, 2022

Land of Endless Lockdown - WSJ

Land of Endless Lockdown - WSJ

But China’s communists, who have acknowledged so very little throughout the Covid era, are still imposing one of the world’s largest experiments in human isolation on the 25 million people of Shanghai. 

The Journal’s Wenxin Fan reports that one of the world’s most comprehensive lockdowns, in which people have been prevented from dog-walking among myriad other banned activities, will continue past Monday.

David Kirton of Reuters reports that “the city is straining under the demands of the country’s ‘dynamic clearance’ strategy, with some residents complaining of crowded and unsanitary central quarantine centres, as well as difficulties in securing food and medical help.” He adds:

Some have begun to question the policies, asking why COVID-positive children are separated from their parents...Link

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