The hilarious part is that the countries near China like Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan, Japan never bought lockdowns. It was the West who turned it into a fait accompli and then dragged anyone who didn't do it. Too funny

Read this piece from April yesterday about Japan's response. Their testing has been incredibly low, yet it is not obvious that they have suffered any excess deaths https://thediplomat.com/2020/04/covid-19-strategy-the-japan-model/

1. A virus is coming
2. This is how our country is organised economically
3. This is who we are socially/culturally

Taking all of that into account, let us organise the best possible response to the threat.