I’m mainly looking for stuff about how people are supported (or not) during lockdowns and quarantine, etc. Anything I search about Chinese Covid lockdowns just comes up with a barrage of western propaganda. For instance I remember hearing much earlier in the pandemic that food was being distributed to people door to door in apartment blocks that were locked down and stuff.

Where I live the government just announced an end to isolating for people who test positive, and workers who aren’t entitled to sick leave will have to choose between staying home without pay or coming to work to infect other people :agony-deep: so I wanted some sources to throw at libs, along the lines of “the media says China’s lockdown is so draconian but at least they’re not forcing people to choose between starving and being a super spreader”.

  • Pastaguini [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    My girlfriend has been over there for about two months now. Upon arrival she had to quarantine for 10 days and test negative each day. A man in a full biohazard suit delivered free meals to her three times a day. The food ranges from crummy to decent. After getting back to her hometown, someone tested positive and visited a bunch of local businesses so the whole town is on lockdown. No one gets in or out other than food and necessities deliveries. She’s required to test once a day, a truck comes around and hands out tests. She was meant to go to Beijing to begin a research position but can’t due to lockdowns. Her morale is pretty low because she’s kind of a workaholic but she’s in better spirits than I might be. On the other hand, this has given her an opportunity to pursue some leisure time. There’s no real risk of her losing her home because she can’t work so she’s been filling her days painting, reading, cooking, and spending time with her grandparents.
    Let me know if you have any other questions, I’d be more than happy to ask her.

    • THC
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      1 year ago

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      • Pastaguini [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        They’re taken to the hospital for quarantine and monitoring. They work out where that person’s been to determine where they need to enforce lockdowns. In shanghai, they were required to use an app to enter businesses which logged where and when you’d been to a place, but I don’t think they have that in her smaller hometown.