China have contained virus within 7 weeks

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And they had far more cases than us. Why are we being told that it is too hard to contain the virus when we have far less cases as a starting point?

Any links to read please?
China always seem to be the best at most things!

The measures they were able to take would not be possible or acceptable here.

Sorry no links. But they let it get out of control and did nothing. Then when they took action it showed that you can contain the virus. Cases are falling dramatically.

China have imposed restrictions in a way that would be totally unacceptable over here.

The suspicion is that they will see a resurgence of the virus as they lift restrictions.

@peachgreen Of course they are possible to do. It would be hard, but possible.

They locked down when the virus had peaked.
It isn't even close to that here. It's too soon.

The virus mutates. We will see a resurgence here as well of a mutated virus. But we will have less deaths as a lot of the very vulnerable will already be dead.

Yes they locked down when the virus had peaked. They say they should have done it much sooner.
And that makes sense. Lockdown early and you need to lockdown for far less time.

They shut people in their homes for 2 weeks, and opened them up to collect the bodies- hardly a route I hope the uk follows

China always seem to be the best at most things

As long as you don't mind living under a totalitarian government with an appalling human rights record.

When are you moving?

Yes, they should have locked down earlier - they left it too late. But that doesn't mean that this is the time for us yet. Germany and Spain are locking down at around 3000 cases. We are at 800.

That is not true, China gave people medical treatment. That is why people in their 90s and even 100 have recovered. Please don't post false facts.

@StuckBetweenDarknessAndLight We have stopped testing all but hospital cases. We have a lot more cases than that.

Call me a cynic but I'd like to know if the WHO has verified the Chinese numbers.

Because the Chinese government's reputation for honesty is not exactly stellar. I'd love to know what's going on in those out of the way places where they don't encourage foreign journalists, like Xinjiang.

Yes WHO have. They thought at first there were more cases, but after being on the ground they have said China's figures are very accurate.
It is the UK figures that are totally inaccurate. Kept low so it does not impact the economy.

I would assume it’s because Chinese people know that they’ll be shot if they don’t obey orders. The memory of SARS is also valuable in the implementation of strict social distancing rules. That would never fly in Britain. Besides, what now? Are they going to prevent people from coming in altogether until the pandemic is over?

@DettolsYourFriend yes, especially genocide! They’ve been getting away with it for years!

the Chinese government bans the freedom of speech yet we’re supposed to believe it’s contained and they’re the best? Aye right.

The issue with China is they are unsure if when they lift the restrictions they may have a resurgence.

However listening to the who press conference it seems they support China’s aggressive stance which means they do not agree our approach. They basically want countries to take an aggressive stance, turn the tide, and have it peak sooner rather than later, the total,opposite of what the Uk is doing.

It will be interesting to see what happens when the restrictions are relaxed. It only takes one infected person for it to run rampant again, and people here can't seem to go 7 days without going outside for a run, so not much hope that people would be selfless enough to adhere to restrictions for 7 weeks.

I trust WHO. If they say Chinas numbers are right, they are right.

We have freedom of speech here but the UK numbers are a vast vast underestimate.
Strange decision to trust Boris over WHO when Boris is lying to your face.

And the virus has already mutated once. It will reemerge in the UK.

What will happen when people go back to their eating habits in the wild animal markets where it started? We should not be conned that these have closed down - it is ingrained in parts of the culture. Just yesterday there was a report of businessmen encouraging people to celebrate eating dogs as part of showing their pride in the culture.

If they say Chinas numbers are right, they are right.

This is extremely naieve. WHO can give advice without the burden of reality, they don't have to consider anything beyond the virus itself.

Of course they are possible to do. It would be hard, but possible.

Have you seen the thread where they're all saying it'll be impossible to even stay in for 7 days? How do you propose enforcing a lockdown lasting weeks in a democracy where we generally don't go around welding people into their homes?