I think this is much more relevant in "Prepping Section" then in political section. I strongly suggest that while reading, you pretty much "Forget" that it is about Shanghai, China. And keep asking yourself, is this in your future (I fear it is). Everywhere the word China appears substitute USA. This is "not" really about the virus, it is about government control of people.
The Seneca Effect: The lockdown in China: if the powerful are doing something that looks stupid, is because whatever they’re doing IS actually stupid
The Seneca Effect: The lockdown in China: if the powerful are doing something that looks stupid, is because whatever they’re doing IS actually stupid