What did China do?featured
I am getting many stories from China suggesting that the cities in the country are normal. Friends of friends living in different cities are going to their offices. They are traveling all over the city in public transport. They are going to restaurants. This, when the rest of the world is in lockdown. So what did they do right? What are they doing right?
When I ask this question, the first reaction I get is you cannot trust Chinese data. Maybe. But you certainly can trust their actions more. If many infected people were flooding their hospitals, the country would be in lockdown. They did it before the rest of us even understood what the word meant. I also get answers which are conspiracy theory like and at least for the purposes of this project, I am not interested in them.
From the few non conspiracy theory responses, what I can make out is following
- Masks are compulsory.
- Mobiles are key — your status Green, Red and Orange determines what you and your family members can do and where they can go.
- From very early on they made sure that you were separated from the society including your family at the earliest sign of infection. This is because the overwhelming mode of infection is within families.
This is of course very thin (and probably at least slightly wrong). So, I am trying to get more information from my connections. Getting answers to questions like, what is day to day life like? If it is near normal, since when? What are the Covid related restrictions? What does social distancing actually mean practically? What is the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) in case you get any Covid like symptoms or if you fall sick?
Do reach out to your friends in China if you can, and talk to them and share your learnings here!
