Shanghai Lockdown | Anti-epidemic is the greatest political correctness

The lockdown made the days long. On the sixth day of Puxi's closure, the entire city of Shanghai is still under strict lockdown, and no one knows the exact date of unblocking. If you count the previous ones, I've been isolating on and off for over 2 weeks.

To keep the quarantine days from getting too decadent, I wake up in the morning and write down my to-do list for the day. Everything is as small as washing dishes, mopping the floor, washing clothes, pulling up, exercising, putting eye drops, reading a book (with the specific title of the book), watching a movie (with the specific title of the movie), writing articles and so on. Finish one item and tick one item. Of course, most of the time I watch the news and see myself depressed, or follow the group buying group in the community to grab food, chat with friends or complain.

Since the sixth day of quarantine, grocery shopping has become a topic of conversation among friends. Before the closure of the city, some friends reminded me that it is extremely difficult to buy food once I enter the quarantine, and it is difficult to buy food through APP and group purchases. They reminded me to stock up on as many supplies as possible. At that time, we were walking on the street before the city was closed, walking leisurely in the sun, watching the people in the store rushing for food, thinking that it was only 4 days, why should we follow the looting and cause confusion and raise the price, but let the people who really need it. Can't buy vegetables.

Today, I can't help but start to reflect on how optimistic my previous estimates were. At that time, I thought that Shanghai, a city with a high level of management and orderly management, would not be locked down for too long, and would not become the next Jilin. The distribution of basic living materials in the city center would definitely be no problem. Reality is beating. The consumption of materials was faster than I thought, and I also began to join major group buying groups, and searched for Dingdong food strategy in Xiaohongshu.

Watching the news is extremely depressing. Three days ago, I was looking forward to Shanghai becoming the first city to explore the "coexistence" plan. After Sun Chunlan came to Shanghai, she brought the army and a supporting medical team and announced that Shanghai would adhere to the zero policy. Shanghai also has to give up vacillating positions and experiments and follow national policies.

Not only is it impossible to try other solutions than zero, but the orderly and rational life that Shanghai is proud of is also being trampled on. Young children are taken to centralized isolation points, the management of Fangcang shelter hospitals is chaotic and disorderly, people are being tossed for nothing, citizens have nowhere to complain, police and neighborhood committees abuse their powers to enforce the law and fight the epidemic, patients in need of assistance are not treated, protests Those who could not buy vegetables were called incitement by the police and were reprimanded and taken away.

These things frighten me. This can happen to them and it can happen to me. What is truly scary is not the virus, but the rigid system behind the banner of "epidemic prevention", the silenced outdated voices, the abuse of power, the cities that have lost warmth and even the rule of law.

Everyday life has become extremely fragile.

This time Shanghai closed the city, and many slogans such as "Shanghai Come on" are missing. I don’t know if the samples I observed around me are fair or the stratosphere is too loud, but from the various WeChat groups and the circle of friends of acquaintances, everyone no longer avoids talking about coexistence with the virus, and everyone is no longer afraid to criticize In the current policy, many self-media actively popularize knowledge about the mystery of Keron, calling for rational and scientific anti-epidemic.

Unlike the Wuhan period, when there was no understanding of the virus at that time, the secondary disaster caused by the closure of the city can also be explained by the "cost" of "taking into account the overall situation". Over the past two years, the data and experience we have at hand are completely different, and it is unreasonable to still use the same strategy of "seeking a sword" to fight the epidemic. Compared with the one-sided public opinion at that time, "Come on, China, clear it as soon as possible", I have heard a lot of criticism and reflection during the Shanghai epidemic.

Under the closure of the city, various messages for help are circulating on social media, and the ashes of the times may fall on any one person. Unemployment, unable to grab food, unable to see a doctor, and tossed by the quarantine policy, etc., cannot affect politicians and the wealthy class. The more vulnerable groups in society, the easier it is to become a "zero price"

The debate of "clearing" or "coexisting" makes the two seem to be two completely different opposites. In fact, many countries that adopt "coexistence" are not completely "flattened". "Coexistence" and "lying flat" are not the same thing. In many countries that are considered to implement "coexistence", when the number of infections or severe cases is too high, they also take measures such as blocking some areas and implementing social distancing to control the speed of infection.

The "coexistence" I understand is a lineage. One end of the lineage is completely open or directly regardless of the virus (due to the low national capacity and unmanageable or the high level of vaccination rates in Northern Europe), and the middle of the lineage is those who pay attention to the epidemic figures, Depending on the situation of the epidemic, countries that block from time to time have different degrees of blockade; at the other extreme of the pedigree is China, which strictly implements zero-clearing, and pulls all positive infected people and positive close contacts to centralized isolation points.

Many people misunderstand that the other end of "clearing" is the ultimate "letting go and lying flat", but "coexistence" can have many complex solutions

During the closure of Shanghai, the zero-clearing policy I have experienced is cold and rigid, and the cost is huge. Every ordinary person is bearing the price of this reset. The most unfair thing is that the more vulnerable groups bear the more price. Anti-epidemic is the greatest political correctness. In the name of anti-epidemic, you have the power to do anything, and even basic human rights and the legal system can stand behind in "special times".

Going through the current lockdown is a very strange experience. I am both happy to hear so many brave awakening voices, and saddened that political purpose ultimately trumps rational advice. Living in isolation has also given me an opportunity to observe my neighbors and the community I live in up close, to experience self-help and self-help in a harsh environment, and to see the various states of human nature.