There's no Huawei a virus can stop us! 90% of our staff in China are already back at work, says CEO

Re: Bad becomes good

Governments have had a valid reason reason to spy on us for a while now.

It's just that now, they have a justifiable one.

Re: Bad becomes good

I see tin foil hattery remains unaffected.

Re: killer app

Temperature scans are not reliable enough. What you need is the new covid antibody test, with integrated needle to prick yourself.

For testing who?

Is it going to be front facing so you can check your own temperature? Or do you want to see people pointing their phones (and the little laser dot to tell where the temperature sensor is pointing) at random people they encounter all day long? Hopefully such a thing would be quickly made illegal!

Nevermind that by the time one's temperature is elevated they may have been infected a week, so a normal temperature reading is no assurance they are healthy.

Re: Stealing a (long) March

more organised and reliable and less capricious

Reminds me of the old saying that at least under Mussolini the trains ran on time...

Re: Stealing a (long) March

"The the same time, the Chinese government looks more organised and reliable and less capricious than many western governments, which are still swaying between populist impulses, scientific advice and practicability."

That Chinese success story in full.

1) Allow the ridiculous practice of wet markets to continue, despite it being responsible for several outbreaks of novel diseases in the past.

2) When the next outbreak happens, destroy evidence and suppress the story, while gaining information on it.

3) Don't tell anyone so that it gets silently exported to the rest of the world.

4) Institute dystopian lockdowns that are impossible elsewhere unless you are already set up as a dystopian surveillance state.

5) Fling around ridiculous conspiracy theories about it being the US Army that brought it to China, while accusing anyone that points out that this is entirely China's fault of racism.

6) Crow about how your response proves that China is fantastic and the disease you exported to everyone else is somehow proof that your way is better.

Re: Corvid-19

Bloody Magpies!!

Re: Stealing a (long) March

"The the same time, the Chinese government looks more organised and reliable and less capricious than many western governments, which are still swaying between populist impulses, scientific advice and practicability."

I'm sure western governments would haveless issues with people avoiding lockdowns if they put armed police/army units on the streets with orders to shoot to kill. While the information may not be reliable, there appear to be a number of sources and multiple videos on YouTube and other social media.

Difficult to argue CORVID19 was the cause of death when there are multiple entry wounds. Or maybe the victims were healthy? Either way, the victims quickly stopped ignoring the lock downs.