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Re:Tell HN: China Is Entering Lockdown by jskrablin on Sunday March 13, 2022 @04:38AM (#30659238)
Which works ok if you're an island in the middle of nowhere, but it works a lot less ok if you're an EU county with people used to the idea of travelling anywhere without even having to show an ID. We've been through some pretty rough two years, but most of restrictions are now lifted or lifting. With the amount of people being either vaccinated or recovered from covid infection we should be over the whole pandemic dance of lockdowns and ever changing travel restrictions. On the other hand, NZ and China will have problems with outbreaks as soon as they lift travel restrictions. It's inevitable.
Re:Tell HN: China Is Entering Lockdown by user_named on Sunday March 13, 2022 @04:42AM (#30659265)
EU countries have been incredibly incompetent in their handling of covid. What you're saying about expecting to travel freely is just copium. Pretty much all EU leadership should be fired and possibly prosecuted. I'm European myself btw.
Re:Tell HN: China Is Entering Lockdown by throwaway290 on Sunday March 13, 2022 @05:00AM (#30659388)
One peoples' basic freedom is another peoples' copium.
Re:Tell HN: China Is Entering Lockdown by jskrablin on Sunday March 13, 2022 @09:04AM (#30660884)
I am all for firing EU leadership. But my reasons are probably different to yours. EU style of lockdown was stupid in more than one way. Like prohibition of open air sporting events well into summer of 2020. And then repeating it in 2021. Stay at home and get fat, so you don't catch Covid type of messaging. Completely mishandled public relations in some countries, etc. Ever changing vaccination rules with ever changing validity of Covid greenpass. My greenpass is valid in Slo, but not valid in Ita since January, etc.

I don't know what copium is supposed to mean. However freedom of movement is one of the basic principles of EU. Or at least it used to be.