News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on US hunger crisis persists, especially for kids, older adults. Parent comment

Re:US hunger crisis persists, especially for kids, older adults by xg15 on Thursday April 01, 2021 @07:53PM (#26667727)
> That 100% of the population would be prohibited from leaving their homes? What about food? What about medical emergencies? What about a house burning down or a tree falling on the roof? What if a watermain bursts?

Other countries actually addressed those questions. The most stringent example is china: They restricted everyone to their immediate neighborhood, then delivered food and other essential goods to each neighborhood in a centrally planned system. Medical emergencies were allowed to leave a neighborhood and drive to the nearest hospital.

Not pleasant, but it worked.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:US hunger crisis persists, especially for kids, older adults by loveistheanswer on Friday April 02, 2021 @12:57PM (#26673248)
It also helped that they banned reporting on covid deaths and dissapeared activists who were trying to do so on Github. Not pleasant, but it worked.
[ Parent | on HN ]