> We moved Japan to during the pandemic because we don’t agree with the West and Americans’ attitude towards coronavirus. Not everyone in "the West" agrees wit

> We moved Japan to during the pandemic because we don’t agree with the West and Americans’ attitude towards coronavirus. Not everyone in "the West" agrees with america's attitude to covid. All the things this article talks about are very similar to things we did here in Australia. (Though lets be honest - the system probably worked much better in Taipei.) Here in Melbourne we endured 263 days in lockdown. We were allowed to leave our homes - but only for essential supplies, outdoor exercise, medical care or essential work. Unless you had a good reason, you couldn't travel more than 5km from home. We also had a nightly curfew, and all restaurants were closed (or take away only). And of course, we couldn't visit other people's homes. Wherever you went you needed to do QR code checkins so they could do contact tracing. The city became a ghost town. After 9pm (or whenever the curfew was) the only people out were the occasional nurse or delivery driver heading home, and a swarm of ubereats / doordash drivers feeding everyone. Everything has opened up again now that everyone who wants a vaccine has had one. And now we're just letting omicron do its thing. For the most part, I support our government's response. I was watching the situation play out in the USA with horror. 1 million people dead, and nobody cares? What on earth? And there were apparently protests in NY about the "totalitarian" situation in Australia? Uh, what? We aren't the ones who need saving thankyouverymuch. I had a friend visit from the USA for a funeral and she got put in hotel quarantine for 14 days in Sydney. She was so upset and angry over it all. I didn't know what to say - I'm glad she was in quarantine. Her right to go to the funeral didn't trump the rights of australians to stay safe from any disease she carried. Covid made the world a big place again. Everywhere had different policies, and everyone had a different experience.