Check the comments...we have locations of rapid blocks, also...check the map, lost of roads not blocked...there are WeChat groups dedicated to how to escape wuhan...almost everyone who tries gets out https://t.co/6tOS3bl6i4— Harry Chen PhD (@IsChinar) January 25, 2020
Interesting.
I think the full on quarantine is partially if not mainly an exercise to see how well the populace can be contained.
It certainly doesn’t hurt quelling a potential epidemic but it also provides them with real life data on what to expect if there’s large scale social unrest against the regime and they want to institute a travel ban.