tell me, when was the last time when US/EU had a significant percentage of their own citizens locked up? talking about hard lock down, back in April/May, we didn't even have food supply when locked up at home. My neighbors were discussing online whether they should dispose their meat already gone bad, I had to share food (from my own very limited stock) with 90 years old living downstairs.
It is not like people don't have food because they didn't work hard or because they chose some funny life style - I am talking about hard working people who worked their ass off but still couldn't get food when they have ton of cash saved.
Here in Shanghai, the restriction is upgraded again today, we now have to have PCR tests every 48 hours. You get yourself tested 3.5 times a week, or you can't even allowed to set foot into a supermarket or restaurant. Again they want cut your food supply because there is COVID.
"Accomplishments of a country"? Sorry, but I didn't see that.
Taking science more seriously and acknowledge the fact that COVID is here to stay would be an accomplishment for the CCP. Taking its own citizens in a more respectful way would be an accomplishment for the CCP. Taking the constitution written by the CCP itself more seriously would be an accomplishment for the CCP.
Yeah, sucks you don't have a choice, but comparing notes with cousins in SH their lockdown experience is about as shit as experiences of some people I know in here in CAN, and on par according to friend went through UAE lockdown earlier then SH. Granted my cousins were well prepared due to advice to stockup from abroad, and of course people in CAN are not forced to do what they do, but merely had to exercise maximum caution due to being part of extra vunerable demographic. Who had to functionally impose harsh self quarantining while covid spreads rampant and seething at unfairness of others breaking basic guidelines while wishing powerless gov could do something about it, because ultimately people don't give a shit about each other when gov doesn't enforce. Personally lived with frontline worker and constantly worrying about their safety and mine for a year+ sucked balls, even after vax because you still risk spreading to others, from family to strangers whose vunerability status you do not know.
Maybe you don't care anymore - most people stopped caring. Low-risk people who just want covid to be "over" are the first ones to move on. Seems like you're a decent person, who shared food with your 90 year old neighbour. You're justifiably frustrated, everyone in my Canadian city was after a year of mild mandates and their first vax shot. But just understand once zero covid breaks, and it will, you're going to have to deal with the anxiety of spreading covid to that neighbour or your loved ones because that's also acknowledging the fact of covid. You're not going to be surrounded by deaths, but statistically and with respect to PRC's med infra, it will likely happen to someone in your extended social circle, and you'll understand exactly how little citizens "respect" each other when left to their own devices. Maybe you'll even be one of the first ones to contract covid and spread covid to people you care about, but likely everyone your age will dodge severe cases. You'll likely still feel a little guilty, but otherwise won't lose sleep over it. Or maybe your accomplishment will be killing that 90 year old downstairs. TBH at this point you're probably fine with that. I convinced myself I was. This isn't meant to be advice or criticism, but something to keep in mind when shit hits fan in the next few months.
It is called rule of nature. With 1.4 billion people and an life expectancy of 77 years, you'd expect 15 million people to pass away each year. At 90 years age with reasonable medical care, if some elderly who still couldn't make it to the other end of the COVID, that sad fact is just a part of normal life on earth. There are seasonal flus every single year, that kills 90 years old folks on daily basis. It is a sad reality everyone have to accept.
Eh, this is a mission being launched by the same Chinese state that's being protested. Apollo-era aerospace history commonly touches on the concurrent civil rights movement because they had a common political nexus.
Also, to the extent there is non-technical commentary in the top comments on this thread, it's yours.
This is why we talk about it.