It’s not like we haven’t quarantined before.
We did it plenty in the 1800’s and early 1900’s.
oh I know that. But in the 1800s and 1900s we didn’t have civil rights attorneys behind every tree and quarantines were very local. I just can’t see a Beijing lockdown happening here with any effectiveness with our current generation of me-again Tide Pod eaters. It works in China because a) government is parent, citizen is child and child must obey parent; 2) they know they’ll disappear if parent is displeased. In America, parent displeasure is more often met with an ‘eh’.
China update/China data: As of Feb 11, there are 16,067 suspected cases available A total of 451,462 contacts were traced and 185037 are under medical observation.
On Feb 11, the number of severe cases in 12 provinces decreased by 44 and the number of severe cases in 8 provinces, including Hubai, increased by 915
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMMCHbYxW8A
(the contacts, under supervision and severe case #’s remained the same for the 12th)