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Ask HN: How does China have so few Covid cases?
According to Google, all of China only has 10’s to a couple hundred new cases per day:
https://www.google.com/search?q=covid+rates+in+China
- ArchD 5y ago- Very stringent location-specific lockdowns (e.g. an entire block) as infections are detected. - Proactive testing and detection. E.g. many places like malls or hospitals require visitors to show a green code on a tracking app in their phone indicating that they are safe. - Border that is almost closed with extreme quarantine requirements for visitors and quotas for incoming visitors The Chinese government is able to do the first 2 because of their tight control on people and organizations.
- ArchD 5y agoThe negative number is telling me that people don't like facts, or even just the statement of facts without value judgment, and just like to engage in identity politics and judgment even when politics is unnecessary.
- tatrajim 5y agoRead _The Naked Sun_ by Asimov for a proximate answer. Glorious isolation as a solution to all the ills of messy civilization.
- codevark 5y ago
- rshnotsecure 5y agoAt the local level, despite Beijing's efforts, there is just very little incentive to report the actual numbers. This adds up, and has a feedback loop as provinces compete to have fewer and fewer cases. The actual numbers are potentially much higher.