That never happened. They welded some doors on apartment buildings so that only one entrance was available, and then screened that entrance for signs of fever. They did this because those doors did not have locking mechanisms, because usually having multiple entrances is a good thing. In the specific context of the pandemic, they wanted to track everyone.

And it worked. There's a reason 1.1 million people died in the US and 121k died in China.

China's Zero COVID policy was among the best in the world. Obviously they never accomplished Zero COVID, but they saved countless lives while we were marched to our deaths.

[+] HughJanus@lemmy.ml -6 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

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[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 6 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

when you don’t have to concern yourself at all with what your citizens want or need,

I'm pretty sure humans need to not die from COVID 🙄

Meanwhile, my country didn't give a shit about the fact that I wanted to be safe.

You know what would have been more effective? Not lying about it and covering it up for several months.

This is just a lie. They announced the discovery COVID on Jan 8, after discovery on Dec 31st. They began limiting travel and started quarantines by Jan 23rd. Hardly "several months"

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[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 6 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Nope. Pretty much everyone is in agreement about this except you so I’m gonna go out on a limb and say that you’re the one lying.

That's how propaganda works. They repeat a lie over and over until everyone is saying it, even when the facts are that China reported an unknown respiratory illness on Dec 31st, identified it as a novel coronavirus by Jan 8th and confirmed it Jan 14th and published their findings, and then the national emergency and quarantines started on Jan 23rd.

These are the facts and you have been lied to by anti-China propaganda, and younger Americans aren't falling for that shit anymore.

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[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 5 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

I'm advocating for people to think critically and not fall for propaganda just because "pretty much everyone is in agreement" about something. I proved that you were wrong about China, and what did you do? You moved the goal posts and attacked me for something else.

Also, not all propaganda is bad. Government propaganda that promotes public safety is good. Government propaganda that promotes war is bad. You have to engage with propaganda critically and not just go with the flow whenever you get your marching orders on CNN.

They're marching us towards war with China and you're falling for it.