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Maybe you imagination is limited. China has done this precisely. They have kept the virus in check while limiting international travel and while being the world

Maybe you imagination is limited. China has done this precisely. They have kept the virus in check while limiting international travel and while being the world's factory. You open up when enough of your population is vaccinated. I wonder why you feel that it is fine to say "too late" for this measure that obviously works. Do you also say too late to lockdowns, vaccine mandates, restaurant and schools closures, and mask requirements. If you don't, then maybe spend a moment thinking if your epidemic response is guided by your political allegiances

stjohnswarts 5y ago
China is an authoritarian state that can almost anything it wants to do to limit the freedoms of its population. That same tactic won't work in (real) democratic countries, especially after 2 years of lockdowns.
- pbaka 5y ago
  Australia, Austria, Germany, Netherlands entered the chat.
- sbierwagen 5y ago
  New Zealand has a 14 day quarantine for international travelers: https://www.immigration.govt.nz/about-us/covid-19/border-closures-and-exceptions/entry-to-new-zealand/border-entry-requirements https://www.immigration.govt.nz/about-us/covid-19/border-clo... Is New Zealand an authoritarian state?
  - stjohnswarts 5y ago
    A 14 day quarantine isn't a lockdown, even NZ is getting sloppy with virus measures. If the people there get tired of it there is nothing the government can do to stop them. In China you will get quarantined forcefully by the police state, and if you don't like it you can go to prison or get disappeared if you raise to big of a commotion.
  - righttoolforjob 5y ago
    New Zealand has cases, so what exactly is your point? The initial argument is that locking borders could prevent the spread of a highly contagious virus into a country. It cannot.
righttoolforjob 5y ago
> China has done this precisely. They have kept the virus in check According to their government... > for this measure that obviously works it obviously isn't since the various variations of the virus are spreading

stjohnswarts 5y ago

China is an authoritarian state that can almost anything it wants to do to limit the freedoms of its population. That same tactic won't work in (real) democratic countries, especially after 2 years of lockdowns.

pbaka 5y ago
Australia, Austria, Germany, Netherlands entered the chat.
sbierwagen 5y ago
New Zealand has a 14 day quarantine for international travelers: https://www.immigration.govt.nz/about-us/covid-19/border-closures-and-exceptions/entry-to-new-zealand/border-entry-requirements https://www.immigration.govt.nz/about-us/covid-19/border-clo... Is New Zealand an authoritarian state?
- stjohnswarts 5y ago
  A 14 day quarantine isn't a lockdown, even NZ is getting sloppy with virus measures. If the people there get tired of it there is nothing the government can do to stop them. In China you will get quarantined forcefully by the police state, and if you don't like it you can go to prison or get disappeared if you raise to big of a commotion.
- righttoolforjob 5y ago
  New Zealand has cases, so what exactly is your point? The initial argument is that locking borders could prevent the spread of a highly contagious virus into a country. It cannot.

righttoolforjob 5y ago

> China has done this precisely. They have kept the virus in check According to their government... > for this measure that obviously works it obviously isn't since the various variations of the virus are spreading