[Shanghai, 22nd Archyde.com]–In China’s SNS, a video was spread last week in Shenyang, northeastern China, where crowds smashed the window of the clothing market and complained that the mandatory inspection of the new coronavirus was resumed.
The local government immediately advised people not to “spread rumors” about the turmoil. However, the Internet was immediately flooded with comments such as “I’m sorry for quarantine!” And “A lot of people woke up to the truth.”
In the dialogue app “WeChat”, users explode their anger, saying, “It’s harder to have a common cold. It’s the laboratory that wants to keep doing this. Vaccine companies want to keep vaccination forever.” rice field.
This comment reflects growing dissatisfaction across China. Authorities are dissatisfied with launching such a “zero-corona” policy to curb the spread of highly infectious Omicron strains.
As the number of infected people increases, government policies called “dynamic zero corona” such as constant inspections are becoming more complex, but their effectiveness is being questioned among the people.
Wang Hesheng, Deputy Chief of the National Health and Family Planning Commission, said in a reporter last week that the increased sophistication of policies has alleviated the inconvenience of the people. “The production and livelihoods of most areas and people are kept normal in exchange for restricting movement in very small areas at the expense of the normal activities of very few people,” he said. rice field.
But the public seems to be angry at the lack of transparency and coherence in policy. SNS censors are forced to work overtime to get rid of the flood of complaints.
In Beijing’s commuter town, Yanjiao, Hebei Province, residents are having a hard time returning home due to severe lockdowns.
Images spread online show residents lining up in a line to receive test results in heavy snow as they escape from Beijing. Hundreds of comments were attached to these posts. Many of the images have already been deleted.
“Weibo,” a Chinese version of Twitter, said, “Three years after the infection began, the government’s response is still poor. It’s a lazy, lazy government that is totally careless about people’s lives and deaths.” There was a post saying.
Economic predicament is also widespread. Mao, who has a delivery job in Changchun City, Jilin Province, where the spread of the infection is serious, laments that the surrounding area is closed by 90% and that he cannot earn living expenses. “There is nothing to do. I have to wait for the city to be unclosed. I’m sorry.”
Residents have also complained that the rules are arbitrary and that the local residents’ committee is in charge of their enforcement at their discretion.
In one area of Beijing, for example, a Residents Committee is trying to install a surveillance device on the door of an apartment to keep an eye on whether residents are following a two-week quarantine order. According to residents, the directive was issued after a family member in a supermarket where an infected person was confirmed stopped by two days ago.
In Shanghai, people are confused by the fact that inspection and lockdown standards vary from apartment to apartment.
But these policies go beyond making life inconvenient. Netizens have also begun to actively exchange views on the serious tragedy caused by lockdown.
A patient receiving chemotherapy at Shanghai Central Hospital died in isolation in an accommodation next to the hospital, according to a widely disseminated post posted on Weibo last week.
An episode of losing a loved one due to the turmoil involving the new Corona was also spread on the net, but was subsequently deleted.
The username MaDDNa said, “My father died of a stroke late last year. Unfortunately, we had to wait for the results of the nucleic acid amplification test (of the new Corona) to be reported, even though there was hope for treatment. I missed the timing of the best treatment. “
(Reporter by David Stanway)