Meanwhile, in Shanghai, we’re at the stage of lockdown where “health care workers” are now literally beating pet dogs to death with shovels after they send the Covid-positive owners into quarantine:
"In one video clip verified by the news service AFP, a person in a hazmat suit is seen bludgeoning a corgi dog to death in the street."
Public health China style, an inspiration for Team Lockdown for future waves. So much to learn. https://t.co/fEbM5sCAZE— Adam Creighton (@Adam_Creighton) April 7, 2022
Warning: Graphic footage:
A health care worker in #Shanghai beat a corgi to death in the middle of a road after the dog's owner was taken away for being tested #COVID19 positive. The video sparked outrage on #China's social media. https://t.co/phwZGhBHVo
— William Yang (@WilliamYang120) April 6, 2022
Oh, and authorities attempted to justify the killing by saying maybe the dog was infected, too. From CNN:
“In the end, I thought I could let (the corgi) loose outside to become a stray, at least it wouldn’t starve to death,” the owner wrote in an online group, explaining he had no dog food left at home, according to China News Weekly. “I never thought once we had left, it would be beaten to death.”
He claimed a neighborhood committee had declined to help care for the dog, the magazine reported. The committee said it was concerned the corgi could have been infected too.
And the dog murder is reportedly not an isolated incident:
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Also in Shanghai: a corgi beaten to death on the streets in the name of covid control. This is the 3rd pet dog to have been killed by anti-epidemic workers. The first 2 were another corgi and a samoyed, killed at home while their owners were in quarantinehttps://t.co/4gbl2gid21
— Alice Su (@aliceysu) April 6, 2022
Some residents of Shanghai are also experiencing food shortages:
Shanghai is buckling under a city-wide lockdown with no end in sight.
– Residents confront police: "We are starving!"
– A man vents: "Where is the Communist Party?"
– Pet corgi beaten to death after its owner reportedly taken to quarantine#ZeroCovid brutality and desperation. pic.twitter.com/CEAYN6L8Qs— Kristie Lu Stout✌🏽 (@klustout) April 8, 2022
Can people in America please stop praising China now? Pretty-please? This is insane:
One week into Shanghai’s Covid lockdown, many residents are calling urgently for help in securing food. Restrictions have shut down grocery stores and restaurants, leaving people dependent on unpredictable government deliveries and online ordering.https://t.co/3hcs3cgwnF
— The New York Times (@nytimes) April 8, 2022
And, as you might expect, China’s censors are working overtime to keep the truth from coming out:
Weibo has blocked the hashtag “Shanghai buy food.”https://t.co/5FQ1g5GWZY pic.twitter.com/33Zv8wnlv3
— David Kirton (@DavidKirton_) April 8, 2022
Hey, keep going with that whole “Zero Covid” BS. You’re doing great, China!
"In China it doesn't appear they're trying to use the mitigation, these lockdowns to buy themselves time to get immunity into the population. There's no large-scale effort to get people vaccinated … The lockdowns seem to be the ends in of itself," @ScottGottliebMD on #Shanghai. pic.twitter.com/WmJLvCPqXz
— Squawk Box (@SquawkCNBC) April 8, 2022
And that’s exactly what they’re doing:
"We expect the construction of the whole hospital will be completed within 3 days."
Shanghai is building the world’s largest makeshift isolation facility at the National Exhibition and Convention Center as China tries to maintain #Covid Zero https://t.co/Riud6Sy3hW pic.twitter.com/Rz3WQXPyWK
— Bloomberg Quicktake (@Quicktake) April 8, 2022
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