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> - Foxconn workers have to walk on highways for hundreds of miles with their luggage to go back home For anyone wondering why: It it because they are labeled

by ytch 4y ago

> - Foxconn workers have to walk on highways for hundreds of miles with their luggage to go back home For anyone wondering why: It it because they are labeled as COVID close contact by health code system, so they cannot take public transport system even they have enough money.

dudeinjapan 4y ago
This sounds vaguely like Gattaca.
- kanbara 4y ago
  how is protecting others from a still-deadly pandemic anything remotely like genetic-engineering of Uebermensch and social stratification? people aren't shunned for life because they got coronavirus, they are quarantined until they test negative again
  - zarzavat 4y ago
    - astrange 4y ago
      It’s mostly about protecting from a pandemic. China doesn’t have enough completed vaccinations for them to let it rip even if they wanted to, nor was their vaccine as good as ours. And of course, just because you think long covid isn’t worth the risk doesn’t mean they agree.
  - dudeinjapan 4y ago
    Gattaca was protecting innocent children from inheriting inferior genes. Coronavirus 99.99% of children recover, but bad genes are 100% for life!
aneeshnl 4y ago
Similar to what happened to migrant workers in India during Initial lockdown. Many had to walk thousands of kms to reach their hometowns.
- mayama 4y ago
  In India's case it was logistics issue. Initial decision was to keep migrant workers in place and provide them with daily necessities free. Some state govts didn't play ball and cut off electricity and rations. After that it took some time for central and various state govts to run special trains to the people. And it's not thousands of kms, 10s of kms.
  - sokz 4y ago
    I have seen people walking from Delhi to Bihar, not exactly 10 Km.
    - sfgd 4y ago
      Curious how you saw them walk. Are you rephrasing what you saw mentioned in news?
  - michaelt 4y ago
    Walking thousands of kms would indeed take a very long time! But someone within 10km of home is scarcely a 'migrant worker' - you could start in south Mumbai, walk 30km north, and still be in Mumbai :)

by ytch 4y ago

dudeinjapan 4y ago

This sounds vaguely like Gattaca.

kanbara 4y ago
how is protecting others from a still-deadly pandemic anything remotely like genetic-engineering of Uebermensch and social stratification? people aren't shunned for life because they got coronavirus, they are quarantined until they test negative again
- zarzavat 4y ago
  - astrange 4y ago
    It’s mostly about protecting from a pandemic. China doesn’t have enough completed vaccinations for them to let it rip even if they wanted to, nor was their vaccine as good as ours. And of course, just because you think long covid isn’t worth the risk doesn’t mean they agree.
- dudeinjapan 4y ago
  Gattaca was protecting innocent children from inheriting inferior genes. Coronavirus 99.99% of children recover, but bad genes are 100% for life!

aneeshnl 4y ago

Similar to what happened to migrant workers in India during Initial lockdown. Many had to walk thousands of kms to reach their hometowns.

mayama 4y ago
In India's case it was logistics issue. Initial decision was to keep migrant workers in place and provide them with daily necessities free. Some state govts didn't play ball and cut off electricity and rations. After that it took some time for central and various state govts to run special trains to the people. And it's not thousands of kms, 10s of kms.
- sokz 4y ago
  I have seen people walking from Delhi to Bihar, not exactly 10 Km.
  - sfgd 4y ago
    Curious how you saw them walk. Are you rephrasing what you saw mentioned in news?
- michaelt 4y ago
  Walking thousands of kms would indeed take a very long time! But someone within 10km of home is scarcely a 'migrant worker' - you could start in south Mumbai, walk 30km north, and still be in Mumbai :)