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FNGFO
There is no false parallel, and kindly stow your “yay team” BS.
You have one country that literally locked people in their own apartment complexes, and has a government and populace that are willing to use and often accept totalitarian government actions. Screw up over there and you disappear like that researcher from the Wuhan virology lab.
We closed gyms, bars and limited restaurants to take out while recommending people don’t travel unnecessarily. It’s a world of difference that you don’t appreciate.
China has a huge GDP because the rest of the world has farmed out their supply chains to the Middle Kingdom. Can you think of anything going on right now that might be hampering that? They are not a consumer society in the sense that we are. Take away the rest of the world’s demand for their cheaply made widgets, and their GDP is pitiful for a population as large as theirs. Sure, they’ve got malls and huge cities that most westerners can’t begin to name. But they won’t get their economy moving until the rest of the world gets moving itself.
well you finally got to the point though thanks for the lesson on China. Yes they will not get going until other economies as well start moving. That moving though is not to be at the expense of lives. If you are one of the people who think its better to lose a life, yours mine or someone else's to move the market thats on you. If you think that its not up to what you think should happen but when modern medicine says its ok to go outside again then your probably on the right track.