I am guessing this is because of omicron?
It's not clear from the post.
Tell HN: China Is Entering Lockdown
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#12Why are they locking down for a variant that is less severe? Why aren't they accepting this is the best we'll get, and the sooner omicron becomes endemic the better. Rip off the bandaid.
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#13What did prevention measures look like in the months leading up to this? It seemed like aggressive policies were enough up until delta, but omicron is just too contagious.
Basically the same as now. People coming in from abroad quarantine for 14 days. Whenever there's a case, they trace and test everyone they've been in contact with, and also the second degree contacts. For one case, they tested more than 10,000 people, off memory.
You're exactly right. Even these measures do not work to contain omicron. The only thing that's changed over the past two years is that the new strain is so much more contagious.
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#14I probably chose the wrong time to take time off, and travel to SEA for three weeks. Halfway expecting to land there and spend the next few months in lockdown. Wonder how HR will take it.
If you can even get in. If you're in SEA I think you still can but you may want to hurry up.
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#15I am guessing this is because of omicron? It's not clear from the post.
Yes, due to omicron.
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#16I am guessing this is because of omicron? It's not clear from the post.
> two weeks ago it became clear to me that we would soon be entering lockdown as the omicron cases won't stop increasing
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#17Why are they locking down for a variant that is less severe? Why aren't they accepting this is the best we'll get, and the sooner omicron becomes endemic the better. Rip off the bandaid.
I mentioned this in my OP. It is becoming clear also to policy makers that these measures are not enough for omicron, and also are not logical when the strain is so mild.
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#18I am guessing this is because of omicron? It's not clear from the post.
It's from the hybridized omicron
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#19Zhejiang seems okay so far for now. Goods availability on Meituan still.
We also have good availability overall, it's just that some places are closed and some are sold out of various goods so you have to order from several. Except tomatoes are gone almost everywhere, except some terrible varieties.
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#20But even now, given that China is such a huge country, I think that the fraction of people inconvenienced by lockdown measures and other disturbances is smaller than in most western countries. Here in Germany, they are lifting most restrictions soon, but for example a lot of teachers are sick - which affects the childrens' parents as they can't go to work, and then their colleagues, and so on. It will take a long time until everything is back to normal.
So far, the suppression policy seems to pay off for China.