I can’t imagine that there is anybody left, anywhere in the world, who still believes zero COVID by lockdown, mass testing, contact tracing and so forth is possible.

Consequently, this latest action from the Chinese Communist Party cannot have anything to do with a pandemic response. It’s not about the virus. It’s much more likely to be about maintaining power and crushing dissent. The virus is just the excuse.

It’s not a mystery at all. Unless you think the Left care about the poor and vulnerable. Once you understand that they don’t, it all makes sense. Pursuit of political power is the real game.

https://dailysceptic.org/why-is-the-left-so-enthusiastic-about-covid-restrictions-given-that-the-people-they-harm-the-most-are-the-poor-and-vulnerable/

“We know that no one ever seizes power with the intention of relinquishing it. Power is not a means; it is an end.” George Orwell, 1984