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23 January 2020: Wuhan and the surrounding Hubei province enters lockdown.

Wuhan marks its anniversary with triumph and denial - BBC

On 23 January last year, the Chinese authorities severed transport links out of Wuhan and confined the city's population to their homes.
The tough lockdown coincided with the annual spring festival celebrations and came too late to prevent the global spread of the disease - five million people had already left the city ahead of the holiday.
Doctors' warnings had gone unheeded and, in an outpouring of anger on the Chinese internet, the authorities stood accused of covering up the initial outbreak in the interests of political stability.
One year on, there's little sign of that anger in Wuhan today. In fact it's the humdrum normality that is striking - the traffic jams, the bustling markets and busy restaurants.

by Bernard (bernard) on Sat Jan 23rd, 2021 at 02:01:26 PM EST
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Just like Boris and the 12 week wait between vaccinations.

She believed in nothing; only her skepticism kept her from being an atheist. -- Jean-Paul Sartre

by ATinNM on Sat Jan 23rd, 2021 at 05:39:55 PM EST
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Quarantine for an illness is typically limited to those who have been infected or are suspected to have been infected, but the Chinese government imposes it in a city of 11 million, the vast majority of the residents unexposed so far. https:/t.co/qw0za37REX
— Kenneth Roth (@KenRoth) January 23, 2020

The quarantine that the Chinese government has imposed on millions is impeding people with serious medical problems from obtaining the care and medicine that they need. https:t.co/vRPpCey3kw pic.twitter.com/AV8pCHlBF0
— Kenneth Roth (@KenRoth) January 30, 2020

Closing the barn door after the horse has run, Chinese authorities imposed a quarantine on Wuhan after five million people had already fled--many to avoid the quarantine, which was rumored. Their travel tracks the coronavirus spread. #AutocratsKnowBest https:t.co/NoQhwrwq9V
— Kenneth Roth (@KenRoth) February 10, 2020

How to spread the coronavirus: Place in mass quarantine detention centers anyone with a fever or who has been in contact with a coronavirus victim. Many of those people don't have the coronavirus, but many will after being detained with people who do. https:t.co/u0lV95HCaG pic.twitter.com/lBI3MUU9Pt
— Kenneth Roth (@KenRoth) February 18, 2020

"If free speech existed in China, global media sites such as Facebook & Twitter as well as Chinese internet platforms would be inundated with desperate calls for help and harrowing stories of deaths and illnesses posted by people living under quarantine." https:/t.co/krI8QWYx0n pic.twitter.com/boeXyvWAkW
— Kenneth Roth (@KenRoth) March 13, 2020

by generic on Sat Jan 23rd, 2021 at 05:56:01 PM EST
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January 2021 | 209 comments (209 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)