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Comment by o_p | Hacker News Reader

Yeah China bad USA good. If anything China has done much more to contain the virus.

Truth. They're using drones to following people and ask them to go back into their homes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPw6xjwAlHc

With complete lack of freedom and privacy, you can achieve a lot. They're doing better than any western country would: https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-china-slowed-coronavirus-lo...

The right of free transit have been denied in every country with enough infections, why would you particularly demonize China for it? You are in quarantine, you cannot leave, period.

well, if the US tried it, the drones would drop bombs instead

The drones seem if anything quite a lot less privacy-intruding than other possible measures, assuming they're just wandering around looking for people without masks. It would be embarrassing to be on the receiving end but with no real lasting effect or privacy loss, which is ultimately a pretty ideal result on a societal level.

Definitely, you can also strap a gun on it and it will become even more effective at policing the civilian population.

> China has done much more to contain the virus

Like:

- censoring alarming posts in social networks for weeks

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/china-censored-cov...

- threatening medical staff with prosecution in case of warning other people on early stages of pandemic

https://qz.com/1798859/chinese-doctors-coronavirus-death-uni...

- flooding internet discussions with crowds of state trolls spreading disinformation

https://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/fee3ct/chinese_t...

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