I meanthishasbeengoingonprettymuchsincethestartofthepandemicpeoplearestuckinthisendlesscycleoflockdowns, Massquarantinemasstestingandthatiswhyallofthispentupanger, it's finallybubblingoverinchina.
It's fluctuatedfromoneonce a day, onceeverytwodaysoronceeverythreedays.
從每天一次,每兩天一次或每三天一次,一直在波動。
It's impossiblereallytomakeanyplans.
真的不可能制定任何計劃。
Andeverytimeyougoinsomewhereyouscan a codesothegovernmentknowswhereyouareatalltimes.
而每次你進入某個地方時,你都要掃描一個代碼,這樣政府就能隨時知道你在哪裡。
Sowhenyou'relike, okay, I wanttogomeet a friendin a restaurant, thenyou'relike, wellif I gointothatrestaurant, I runtheriskofbeingidentifiedas a closecontact.
Somegoingtothisrestaurantwithmyfriend, I'm basicallyputtingmyselfintheriskofgettingsentto a massquarantinefacility, doingyourrestofyourweek, therestofyourmonthbyjustdoing a simplethinglikegoingoutto a restaurant.
Yeah, basicallylikedoinganything, likegoinginto a taxi, goinginto a park, you'relikeputtingyourselfinto a lotterytohaveyourwholelifeupendedeverysingletime.
Soitmeansthatessentiallyforthepastfewyears, ifthere's even a singlecovidcaseor a smallhandfulofcovidcases, a wholecitycouldgointocompletelockdownoryourwholeneighborhoodcouldgointocompletelockdown.
Thisfireoccurredon a highfloorofanapartmentbuildingandvideoswentviralonsocialmediabeforesensorswereabletoscruballofthemanditshowsthefireblazingandsmokecomingfromthebuildingandthenyoucanseetherearethesetentsandcovidfencessurroundingthecompoundthatappearedtobepreventingAmbulancesandfiretrucksfromgettingcloseenoughtothebuilding.
SobeinginthemiddleofthatprotestinBeijingtherewas a lotofexcitement, therewassomeanxiety, therewas a lotofenergyofitwasmostlyyoungpeopleandtheywerelargelychantingGiuliowhichmeansnomorecovidtests.
They'retellingmetoshiftin a littlebitandtherewasaninterestingdiscussionamongprotesterswheresomestartedtocallformorepoliticalreformsandthenotherpeopleweresayingnononothat's goingtoofarright.
They'vebeendealingwithabsolutechaosatthesprawlingFoxconnmanufacturingplantinchina, havebeenattemptingtoescapewhatis a verystrictcovidlockdownafter a covidoutbreak, therewereviralvideosshowingworkerswalkingmilesbyfootonhighwaystryingtofleethefactorybecauseofthetotalchaoticcovidrestrictionsthere.
Sotherewas a massrevoltofworkersclashingwithpolice, tearingapartcovidbarriersusingcovidbarriersasshields, usingmetalpartsfromthefenceasweaponstohitthepolice.
Sowe'vealreadyseenhealthofficialssoftentheirtonewithnicephraseslikeweneedtohave a morehumancenteredapproachtoCovidinGuangzhouwheretherehavebeenthesemajorriots, theyannouncedthey'reliftinglockdownsinsomedistrictandthatthey'renolongerrequiringdistrictwidemasstesting.
Butforthemajorityofthepopulationthere's reallynochangetothepolicyandchina's kindofstuckbetween a rockand a hardplacebecausethestudiesdoshowthatiftheyweretocompletelyopenuptherewouldbe a massnumberofdeathsbecausetheyhavenotbeenabletovaccinateenoughofthevulnerableelderlypopulationandchina's hospitalcapacity?