Even if quarantines only slow the virus, it:
By claiming the quarantines and screenings will be ineffective, this research is demoralizing attempts that for all of the above reasons will almost certainly save lives.
You are assuming that it is not an escaped bio-weapon from one of the 2 military bio-weapons facilities in wusan.
Didn’t read the article so don’t know anything about the research, but at least the title seems correct when tens of thousands had fled the city just before the lockdown took effect.
What you described during quarantines are the actions of a normal, responsible government accountable to its citizens, not the Chinese government. In reality, on the ground in Wuhan:
- The number of infected cases are believed to be in the tens of thousands (not confirmed, but you can bet it’s much higher than the official tally);
- Hospitals can’t confirm a case of the new virus unless it uses a test kit supplied only by the state, this is how the government can control the number of reported cases;
- Hospitals won’t admit any patient even with severe symptoms without a firm diagnosis; and there’s not enough facility and staff to admit even the confirmed cases;
- Countless patents are simply turned away without a diagnosis, without treatment or being quarantined;
- Medical staff are overwhelmed and short of medical supplies and are literally crying for help. The highway entrance to the city is blocked by a gigantic hole in the ground made by heavy equipment, making it difficult for goods and supplies to go in.
If they truly wanted to control the spread of the disease, they would have quarantined every sick or risky individual, however many, and there should be no need to lock down a city of tens of millions of people, especially if they cared about the welfare of the people.
Now that they don’t seem to be separating the sick from the healthy, locking up the city only exposes the healthy to extraordinary risks from which there is no escape. Maybe abandoning the people to their own devices is part of the plan, since they have apparently lost control of the situation; but they will still retain control of the total number of deaths when all is said and done.
Not when your fire department refuses to go to work in your quarantined cities. Wuhan is on fire.