Posted on 04/24/2022 6:35:53 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Shanghai authorities battling an outbreak of COVID-19 have erected fences outside residential buildings, sparking fresh public outcry over a lockdown that has forced much of the city's 25 million people indoors.
In Shanghai, images of workers in white hazmat suits sealing entrances of housing blocks and closing off entire streets with green fencing - roughly two metres tall - went viral on social media, prompting questions and complaints from residents.
"This is so disrespectful of the rights of the people inside, using metal barriers to enclose them like domestic animals," said one user on social media platform Weibo.
One video showed residents shouting from balconies at workers trying to set up fencing. The workers relented and took it away. Other videos showed people trying to pull fences down.
"Isn't this a fire hazard?" asked another Weibo user.
Many of the fences were erected around compounds designated "sealed areas" - buildings where at least one person tested positive for COVID-19, meaning residents are forbidden from leaving their front doors.
It was not clear what prompted authorities to resort to fencing. A notice dated Saturday from one local authority shared online said it was imposing "hard quarantine" in some areas.
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Correct source is Reuters via Yahoo.
Communist revolutions have consequences.
Maybe they shouldn’t have created a deadly virus.
This is what the Fauci worshipers wish they could do to the US.
There’s something more to this since the Covid virus is now pretty weak.
I’m interpreting China’s “COVID lockdown” as Xi’s version of Mao’s Long March: a politically motivated purge of dissenters & weak, pushing society to a breaking point that will more accept authoritarian domination.
several governors here have probably had thoughts about this
my daughter and i are just getting over something. tested neg with Slow Joes tests. as if they are worth a damn
just a real deep cough.
then again, this is springtime in IN. 80s yesterday, low 30s by Wed
There is something else going on here
Outcry? The AP is OK with our lockdowns but wants the Chinese to have freedom.
My brother and sister-in-law are currently “quarantined” in Hawaii. He developed a cough and runny nose and got himself tested for Covid and it came back positive. She has no symptoms but got herself tested after his test came back positive and she tested positive as well.
They have both been “fully vaccinated” and received two boosters as well. He developed an enlarged and inflamed heart this year which was discovered during an FAA physical and has had him grounded from his job as an airline captain.
My sister-in-law is a self-appointed Covid expert. I asked my dad why my brother got himself tested after experiencing minor cold symptoms when they were in the middle of the Pacific Ocean and 3000 miles away from home. My dad said it was my sisters-in-law’s idea.
Virtually everyone I know who has tested positive recently has had all their shots.
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Same author, George Orwell, but different book. That quote comes from "Animal Farm".
Either way Orwell was truly prophetic in his writings.
You are correct.
Kind of like Jewish Ghettos?
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