> I don't see the value or point of these articles. They always seem like point scoring exercises or agenda-driven based on personal opinions and subjective ass

> I don't see the value or point of these articles. They always seem like point scoring exercises or agenda-driven based on personal opinions and subjective assessments. Answered your own question. It's either lockdown fetishists who don't believe that there is any alternative, or anti-lockdown libertarians who don't believe control is possible if it affects even a single freedom, or anti-China or pro-West people who do not believe that the Chinese might have some grip on this, or so on.