Shanghai is the largest city in China with 26 million people residing their and is the nation’s financial capital. The city will be mandating that these millions of people stay in their homes, while mass testing will begin.
‘Residents will be required to stay home and deliveries will be left at checkpoints to ensure there is no contact with the outside world. Offices and all businesses not considered essential will be closed and public transport suspended,’ the Associated Press wrote.
Many resident’s compounds have blocked off by yellow and blue plastic barriers and citizens are forced to undergo many rounds of testing.
Groups like Tesla have stopped production in the region.
Yesterday it was reported that there was massive panic-buying with stores picked clean of food, beverages, and other household items. More barriers and checkpoints were being established today as well.
I think if the closure continues like this, our school workers will not be affected much, but what about those who work in the real economy? How can their business be maintained?
I still hope that our society can find a better balance between ensuring normal life and epidemic prevention and control.
Huang Qi told the AP
The AP additionally noted, ‘With China’s economic growth already slowing, the extreme measures are seen as worsening difficulties hitting employment, consumption and even global supply chains. With a 21-day curfew in place for all foreigners arriving from abroad, travel between China and other countries has fallen dramatically.’
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AUTHOR COMMENTARY
By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted: but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.
Proverbs 11:11
China follows a “Zero-Covid” policy, and so they will lockdown over the smallest influx of purported cases – cases which are extremely low and infinitesimal (for a virus that has never been isolated) relative to the over billion people they have as a population.
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But I mention this report because all this will do as more stress on the supply chain issues. These lockdowns are being done for that one cause at least.
Moreover, considering what Fauci was telling the media the other week, we can, at some point, expect more “spikes” of our own at some point.
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[7] Who goeth a warfare any time at his own charges? who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock? [8] Say I these things as a man? or saith not the law the same also? [9] For it is written in the law of Moses, Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn. Doth God take care for oxen? [10] Or saith he it altogether for our sakes? For our sakes, no doubt, this is written: that he that ploweth should plow in hope; and that he that thresheth in hope should be partaker of his hope. (1 Corinthians 9:7-10).
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Wow, I could imagine that our lockdowns will be as tense as theirs soon 🙁
I’m thinking, there must be a few brethren there really suffering in these conditions. Boy it must be hard for them.