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If the Chinese government wants to punish a citizen, they don't need to send you to prison: They can track or tap your phone. They know when you check into a hotel and will send the police over to search your belongings.
When I was in China, I called my mom every day. But she was still lonely.
If teleconferencing was a perfect substitute for face to face meetings, why does the world spend so much every year on office space, commuting to work, hotels, flights etc. ?
I said "and other basic human needs". The article mentioned people that can no longer escape abusive relationships. There's also children who will not see both parents during the lockdown because they are separated.
(Btw, I'm personally sticking 100% to the rules of the lockdown.
I'm just saying the lockdown is interfering with human nature and will become unenforceable)
There are alternatives to locking the whole population down: For example the Imperial College study predicts less deaths if only the 70+ population is locked down.
https://www.imperial.ac.uk/media/imperial-college/medicine/s...
Also look at page 10: If you lockdown for only 5 months, the virus just comes back and still kills 1 in 500 people.
If you want to minimize the deaths, the study suggests that you need 400+ days of lockdowns over a 2 year period.
Estimates are that, if governments do nothing to combat Covid 19, then the life expectancy of the whole population will be reduced by a mere 20 days.[1]
Sacrificing 4 months of exercise, meaningful conversation, sex and other basic human needs is really not worth it.
[1] For example 13.26 million QALYs divided by the US population https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/another-covid-cost-ben...
I've been to mainland China recently, both rural and the fast changing cities like Shenzhen.
Chairman Mao is universally revered. No one ever questions his track record on economic growth was, even though the evidence is everywhere to see.
Similarly, censorship is rarely questioned.