I know people are saying Shanghai is a shitshow because of the local government. But do you think it might have been a bad idea in general to deploy such a harsh policy in the country? (asking in good faith as someone who would not mentally survive such long lockdowns)
As a Mexican, I wish we had China’s zero covid strategy. Look at our death toll, everyone here knows someone whose aunt or grandparent was killed by Covid. People who were fine otherwise and would have lived longer. There’s nothing more valuable than someone’s life, and we’ve been desensitized to see these huge death numbers on the news every day. Heck, the whole world should have followed China’s policy, but capitalists had other opinions.