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Some friends from Wuhan are on a high-speed train to Shanghai and we& #39;re planning to get brunch tomorrow.
The idea that the US could open up the economy, or fight COVID-19, but not both, was such a wrong-headed idea.
China& #39;s 99% back to normal. You have to wear a mask on the metro, but that& #39;s it. I mean technically your should in stores, taxis, etc.. but that& #39;s about 50/50 at this point.
But no one is leaving. Where else on earth has Covid-19 contained? New Zealand? Everyone is staying in China, and spending money in China.
Which means it& #39;s super-charging the domestic recovery. If you can& #39;t go overseas, or shop overseas, or leave the country, you spend money at home.
For a while people were reluctant to travel. Maybe there& #39;s an outbreak and you& #39;re exposed. Or you& #39;re not exposed, but you have to quarantine because you were in that area.
But we see a cluster in Qingdao, over the holiday, and it seems like no tourists were affected at all.
Anyone travelling back needs a negative test, and a negative antibody test, they get tested here, they do central quarantine here. Customs is checking imported cold-chain containers and quarantined a bunch of people today for potential exposure.
I remember talking about it here back in Feb and March. And everyone just angrily yelled it was a "China thing" that wouldn& #39;t affect the US, it only spread in urban areas, I was being a drama queen, etc..
The whole thing feels like a mix of survivor& #39;s guilt and anger at this point. My family and grandparents are in South Dakota. I tried to tell them to take it seriously in February, and now it& #39;s spiking there 9 months later.
Did officials in Wuhan make a mess of this? Definitely.
Did it matter or affect the global spread? No.
Did it matter or affect the global spread? No.
