IMG-1567At any sign of the coronavirus in China, drastic protocols are applied: entire cities are closed, a lockdown is imposed and the entire local population is tested. All this is monitored through smartphones with special health applications owned by a billion people. From the point of view of the West, it is a violation of human rights. The Chinese answer that the right to life is the most important right
On Tuesday, December 21, 11 new cases of the coronavirus appeared in Xi'an, the capital of Shaanxi Province, which has a population of 63 million, bringing the total number of infected to 211. On Wednesday, strict measures came into force according to a predetermined protocol: the city was closed, only one person from the household was allowed to go shopping every other day. Life did not stop, however - shops were open, many worked from their homes, and restrictions applied to gatherings, meetings, schools, colleges, sports competitions, etc.
On Friday, the Xinhua news agency reported that more than 4 million residents have been tested for the corona and that all 11 million will undergo the same treatment in the coming days. Tests are performed at three thousand points, which were prepared earlier. Everything was completed between Tuesday and Friday.
This is how the Chinese are fighting the pandemic - decisions have been made a long time ago, everything is planned and prepared in advance, operational measures are clear and known, and everyone acts in accordance with them.
In June of last year, the Chinese government published a White Paper outlining measures that everyone, without exception, must comply with. The essence is to prevent the "entry" of the virus from abroad and to detect, isolate and destroy its occurrence in the country as soon as possible.
National prophylaxis and control have become a daily obligation not only of authorities but also of every citizen. China has become a fortress surrounded by protection on both sides of its borders. Big Brother helps her here, that is, the most modern technology.
Each of the nearly one billion smartphone owners has a built-in application that records the user's personal data, health status, movement, infection status in the environment and - who knows what else. If everything is in order, the so-called "green card" with which, under normal circumstances, people can move everywhere, enter shops, restaurants and other public places. Without a green card, access is not allowed anywhere, not even in city traffic.
If the color of the card in the phone changes to "yellow", it means that an infection has been recorded in Korinsik's vicinity and he must take two PCR tests for covid and report it to the authorities within three days.
And if the card on the phone turns red, he must immediately be quarantined for 14 days, like everyone he came into contact with. Everyone has to report all this themselves, and they mostly do it voluntarily because the fines are high.
The city of Xi'an is a thousand kilometers away from Beijing, where the Winter Olympic Games will be held in February. Pandemic protocols for the Olympics are even stricter. If a participant or visitor has a positive test, they must test negative twice in the next 24 hours to be able to attend the competitions. Otherwise, he will be quarantined for 21 to 35 days.
According to many in the West, China's anti-corona measures are dictatorial and disrespectful human rights. Most Chinese do not think so because they, without any visible resistance, adhere to these measures.
This means that, firstly, they have confidence in such measures and, secondly, that such measures produce results. According to the "Financial Times" and the World Health Organization, because some do not really believe the Chinese data, from the beginning of the pandemic until December 22 of this year in China, only 101.247 people fell ill and 4.629 died - out of one billion and 439 million people. In China, more than 85 percent of the population has been fully vaccinated.
For the sake of comparison, the most deaths from covid were in to the European Union – 884.390, out of 52 million patients. In the EU, 69 percent of people have been vaccinated. In the USA, 808.413 people died out of 51.3 million infected, and 61 percent were vaccinated.
Let's also mention Serbia, situation on December 25, 2021: 12.488 died, one million and 286 thousand fell ill, 46 percent of the 6.9 million inhabitants were vaccinated.
With these data, the Chinese defend themselves against the criticism that they violate human rights with undemocratic measures and reply that the most important human right is the right to life. There is no democracy without life.
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