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Re:A concept that took hold in the ’70s haunted everything f... by nradov on Thursday November 18, 2021 @10:18PM (#29273411)
Fortunately there was never any possibility of welding NY Metro area residents into their apartment as a reaction to COVID, like what happened in China.
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Re:A concept that took hold in the ’70s haunted everything f... by TakuYam on Friday November 19, 2021 @03:25AM (#29274993)
Only after CNY, the super-spread event that turned this global.

What is especially galling is that for all his hardline rhetoric and complete lack of respect or fear for the rest of the world Xi is terrified of the reprisals at home if he banned CNY travel.

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Re:A concept that took hold in the ’70s haunted everything f... by throwawaylinux on Friday November 19, 2021 @01:41AM (#29274470)
Are you referring to the insanity of the last New York administration that was responsible for this https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_COVID-19_nursing_home... and measures including not putting infectious people into nursing homes? If not, what are you referring to and what key early measures do you think should have been taken?
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