500,000 deaths in Brazil: massive protests calling for President’s resignation
600,000 deaths in US: still debating whether it’s all a hoax or not https://t.co/y8HnWYOxGS
— Patrick Chovanec (@prchovanec) June 21, 2021
62.4% of qualified Americans have received at least one vaccine shot; 52.8% are now fully vaccinated. pic.twitter.com/dDufcbJBM6
— Patrick Chovanec (@prchovanec) June 21, 2021
COVID-19 deaths have dropped below 300 a day in the U.S. for the first time since the early days of the pandemic, the CDC says. Government data also show that 150 million Americans, about 45 percent of the population, are fully vaccinated. https://t.co/WNBlEP9SDv
— The Associated Press (@AP) June 21, 2021
The US had +4,422 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 yesterday, bringing the total to over 34.4 million. The 7-day moving average declined to 11,158 new cases per day, its lowest level since March 26, 2020. pic.twitter.com/YhYJpily1h
— Patrick Chovanec (@prchovanec) June 21, 2021
The @itsmadetosave is a national grassroots effort to ensure communities hardest hit by COVID19 have access to vaccines and accurate, timely information. Chris Wyant and @atychen talk with @DrJoshS about what's behind this effort—and how you can join.https://t.co/wscJCc7fjr pic.twitter.com/6c6BNnEzW2
— Public Health On Call (@PublicHealthPod) June 21, 2021
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In a health crisis, low-income countries cannot count on affluent countries to share vaccines & medicines, & the world can't count on just a few companies to fill global needs, DG @DrTedros said during today's @WHO #Covid19 briefing.
Thread from @kakape. https://t.co/yZxwEg9RcZ— Helen Branswell (@HelenBranswell) June 21, 2021
Covid vaccines running out in poorer nations, WHO says
https://t.co/9pQsc6QbkR— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) June 21, 2021
WHO setting up hub to make COVID-19 vaccines in South Africa https://t.co/oWlZPxMw8t pic.twitter.com/zJNoVxaZ74
— Reuters (@Reuters) June 21, 2021
THREAD: Massive protests last night against covid lockdown in Nanhai district of Guangzhou. Lots of video of angry residents chanting “解封” (”open up”), tired of weeks of covid restrictions following Guangzhou’s latest outbreak. pic.twitter.com/BLNuIZb0yK
— Chuang (@chuangcn) June 22, 2021
India reports 42,640 new COVID-19 cases, 1,167 deaths https://t.co/D1dkxfC8hR pic.twitter.com/DGF4klXgXC
— Reuters (@Reuters) June 22, 2021
India’s vaccination pace seen dwindling from first day record https://t.co/Slju9JiKGR pic.twitter.com/z3MElzXmH2
— Reuters (@Reuters) June 22, 2021
Buddhist monasteries in India have been hit hard by the country's deadly second Covid wavehttps://t.co/y20G21ELqc pic.twitter.com/QDBRorAUKK
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) June 22, 2021
President Duterte of the Philippines has threatened to order the arrest of Filipinos who refuse COVID-19 vaccination and told them to leave the country if they will not cooperate to contain the pandemic. https://t.co/HHREXxjGb7
— The Associated Press (@AP) June 22, 2021
Abu Dhabi opens up free COVID-19 vaccines to tourists https://t.co/0ogdxbrnyn pic.twitter.com/nE8oSJoEkb
— Reuters (@Reuters) June 22, 2021
Australia’s most populous state, New South Wales, reported its biggest rise in new locally acquired COVID-19 cases in nearly a week, prompting authorities to extend a mask mandate in Sydney for a week https://t.co/Hahzq1S0iz
— Reuters (@Reuters) June 22, 2021
Afghanistan grapples with a dwindling oxygen supply amid a surge in cases. Afghanistan’s medical O2 supply is under serious strain, said a govt official as the country’s 3rd wave of coronavirus cases pummels its already feeble health care system https://t.co/MwysbZc9uq
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) June 22, 2021
Russia on Tuesday confirmed 16,715 new coronavirus cases and 546 deaths, the highest number of fatalities since Feb. 11. Moscow recorded 6,555 cases and an all-time high of 86 deathshttps://t.co/6P1S82vZLo
— The Moscow Times (@MoscowTimes) June 22, 2021
Russian authorities are pushing for a revaccination campaign as the highly contagious Delta variant proves to be more resistant to Covid-19 antibodies. https://t.co/p64YwkUah2
— The Moscow Times (@MoscowTimes) June 21, 2021
“The drugs we have been using throughout the pandemic are getting less effective, we have to use large doses,” said Anton, a doctor treating Covid patients in Clinical Hospital Number 52.
by @PjotrSauer https://t.co/C4XZ0cQmbr
— The Moscow Times (@MoscowTimes) June 22, 2021
Germany's confirmed coronavirus cases rise by 455 – RKI https://t.co/bK97MogEV2 pic.twitter.com/sTAOqcbCeV
— Reuters (@Reuters) June 22, 2021
Scotland has banned nonessential travel to the English city of Manchester because of rising infections from the delta variant. Manchester's mayor wants city businesses compensated. https://t.co/51nBNZJBof
— AP Europe (@AP_Europe) June 21, 2021
Colombia's COVID-19 deaths pass 100,000 in unrelenting third wave https://t.co/kLyviY99Uo pic.twitter.com/IqEv6fmQdS
— Reuters (@Reuters) June 22, 2021
The virus is ravaging Colombia, where the death toll surpassed 100,000. Colombia’s surge has been steadily worsening since spring and less than 10% of its population is fully vaccinated https://t.co/GkCSQT1lEh
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) June 22, 2021
Brazil reports 38,903 new coronavirus cases, 761 deaths https://t.co/92lfGUTklG pic.twitter.com/o0GDBUN419
— Reuters (@Reuters) June 22, 2021
Mexico's coronavirus death toll rises to 231,244 https://t.co/VwwVKpsuy1 pic.twitter.com/9VsKum7tmV
— Reuters (@Reuters) June 22, 2021
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Alarming Covid study suggests long-term loss of gray matter and other brain tissue, even among people who were asymptomatic https://t.co/zocuoZMFFP
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) June 21, 2021
Cuba’s government announced that its three-shot #Abdala vaccine is 92% effective against the #coronavirus.
The Abdala is one of the #COVID19 vaccines Cuba is testing. It recently said its #Soberana02 vaccine has 62% efficacy.https://t.co/7rTJxeUeTs
— MicrobesInfect (@MicrobesInfect) June 22, 2021
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Without access to health care, undocumented immigrants are turning to expensive, unproven Covid "treatments" https://t.co/vFgcHMGXbq
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) June 21, 2021
The nation’s youngest adults remain the least likely to be vaccinated against the coronavirus — and their weekly rates of vaccination are declining, according to federal research released Monday. https://t.co/Lf3DWOAFkH
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) June 21, 2021
In 11 states, more than 20% of senior citizens remain unvaccinated, a rate much higher than the national average:
• Alabama
• Arkansas
• Georgia
• Idaho
• Louisiana
• Mississippi
• Missouri
• North Carolina
• Tennessee
• West Virginia
• Wyoming https://t.co/nM6waT0alG— Axios (@axios) June 21, 2021
NeenerNeener
Monroe County, NY stats:
Vaccinations in Monroe County:
59.3% with at least 1 jab
55% totally vaccinated
New COVID cases:
10 new cases – woo hoo! Just 1 child between 10 and 19
.6% test positivity
Deaths now at 1326. We’re still dying.
My sister is worried about me because I’m on an immunosuppressant for MS and the vaccine shots may not have worked on me. Testing for antibodies has kind of dried up around here. I’ll be wearing a mask around other people for the foreseeable future.
Soprano2
To be fair, we did get rid of Trump, so no need for demonstrations here.
I wonder if deaths will go up as much as before as cases go up, or will the fact that so many of the over-65 group is vaccinated keep the death rate lower? I’m not surprised to see that the rate of seniors being vaccinated in Missouri is lower than the national average. I’m sure that means deaths will start going up here too.
Le Comte de Monte Cristo, fka Edmund Dantes
I thought Greenwald was the one supposed to be responsible for the tumbling of Bolsonaro’s failure of a government.
I’m shocked that the protests are related to something other than his intrepid reporting…..
David ? ☘The Establishment☘? Koch
Dump’s last day in office 4,342 died.
Yesterday 86 died.
BOTH SIDES!
NeenerNeener
Monroe County, NY stats:
Vaccinations in Monroe County:
59.3% with at least 1 jab
55% totally vaccinated
New COVID cases:
10 new cases – woo hoo! Just 1 child between 10 and 19
.6% test positivity
Deaths now at 1326. We’re still dying.
Baud
That first tweet is odd. We used the political process to right the ship.
Baud
I’m in moderation.
Baud
Test.
Amir Khalid
Malaysia’s Director-General of Heath Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah reports 4,743 new Covid-19 cases today in his media statement, for a cumulative reported total of 705,602 cases. He also reports 77 new deaths today, for a cumulative total of 4,554 deaths — 0.64% of the cumulative reported total, 0.71% of resolved cases.
There are currently 62,027 active and contagious cases; 875 are in ICU, 445 of them intubated. Meanwhile, 5,557 more patients have recovered, for a cumulative total of 639,181 patients recovered – 90.57% of the cumulative reported total.
21 new clusters were reported today. Of the cumulative total of 2,666 clusters, 850 clusters are still active; 1,816 clusters are now inactive.
4,741 new cases today are local infections. Selangor reports 1,565 local cases: 285 in clusters, 907 close-contact screenings, and 373 other screenings. Kuala Lumpur reports 634 local cases: 119 in clusters, 281 close-contact screenings, and 234 other screenings.
Negeri Sembilan reports 585 cases: 87 in clusters, 328 close-contact screenings, and 170 other screenings. Sarawak reports 507 cases: 84 in clusters, 353 close-contact screenings, and 70 other screenings.
Johor reports 239 cases: 92 in clusters, 98 close-contact screenings, and 49 other screenings.
Penang reports 195 cases: 134 in clusters, 44 close-contact screenings, and 17 other screenings. Sabah reports 193 cases: 48 in clusters, 82 close-contact screenings, and 63 other screenings. Melaka reports 167 cases: 53 in clusters, 85 close-contact screenings, and 29 other screenings. Kelantan reports 165 cases: 64 in clusters, 80 close-contact screenings, and 21 other screenings. Kedah reports 142 cases: 51 in clusters, 70 close-contact screenings, and 21 other screenings. Pahang reports 131 cases: 86 in clusters, 40 close-contact screenings, and five other screenings. Labuan reports 104 cases: 34 in clusters, 36 close-contact screenings, and 34 other screenings.
Perak reports 68 cases: 42 in clusters, 17 close-contact screenings, and nine other screenings. Terengganu reports 37 cases: 12 in clusters, 23 close-contact screenings, and two other screenings. Putrajaya reports seven cases: six close-contact screenings and one other screening. Perlis reports two cases: one close-contact screening and one other screening.
Two new cases today are imported: one in Kuala Lumpur, one in Selangor.
Amir Khalid
Why is my comment in moderation?
Baud
Test
YY_Sima Qian
On 6/21 China reported 2 new domestic confirmed & 0 new domestic asymptomatic cases.
Guangdong Province reported 2 new domestic confirmed cases.
Imported Cases
On 6/20, China reported 23 new imported confirmed cases, 27 imported asymptomatic cases:
Overall in China, 32 confirmed cases recovered, 15 asymptomatic cases were released from isolation & 9 were reclassified as confirmed cases, and 543 individuals were released from quarantine. Currently, there are 512 active confirmed cases in the country (374 imported), 17 in serious condition (8 imported), 465 asymptomatic cases (444 imported), 1 suspect case (imported). 18,211 traced contacts are currently under quarantine.
As of 6/20, 1,049.744M vaccine doses have been injected in Mainland China, an increase of 20.521M doses in the past 24 hrs.
On 6/21, Hong Kong report led 7 new positive case, all imported (6 from Indonesia).
Amir Khalid
Why is my comment asking why my first comment is in moderation in moderation?
YY_Sima Qian
1st full day in centralized quarantine: meals provided by the quarantine hotel is OK, mix of meats and vegetables and staple of white rice, and not too greasy or salty by takeout meal box standard. I ordered some fresh cut fruit and a fruit shake delivered to the hotel (came w/ ice packs). Also stocked up on mineral water and snacks for the duration.
Lack of sunlight will be an annoyance, only my daily schedule of conference calls & web meetings give me a sense of day/night and passage of time.
Got my RT-PCR (oropharyngeal swab) and serological antibody (tube of blood drawn from the vein) tests this afternoon, should have results by later this evening. This gave me a chance to go downs to the lobby and see some sunlight.
Most people are still in good humor in the WeChat group, though there were some bickering (someone criticizing another for complaining about minor things and “not being a good citizen and follow orders”, someone else calling that person out for being “a sanctimonious poser”, etc.). I imagine if a bunch of people in the US are placed into a quarantine hotel, many rooms not having any access to any sunlight at all, there would be rioting on hand, and legions of reporters and lawyers all over the place. Someone also mentioned that a person across the hall had been crying, repeatedly wailing about wanting to leave. People in the group chat were pretty sympathetic. Hotel worker immediately jumped into the chat and said they are addressing the issue, doing everything they can to make accommodations within policy allowance, and suggested that people not trade speculations about what was happening. Crowd control in action, though the workers have a tough job, working in a tough situation, too.
With the new domestic confirmed case in Bao’an District of Shenzhen, it will be at least another 14 days before the Medium Risk area in the district can be reduced to Low Risk. So, no chance of early release from centralized quarantine for me. :-( People in the chat are exchanging information about the conditions for the following home quarantine. It may be rigorously enforced, after all. A quarantined individual either has to live in the apartment alone, or the entire family needs to quarantine together in the apartment, or the quarantined individual can be kept in a separate bedroom w/ separate bathroom from the rest of the family. Apparently the community workers will install monitors on the door (bedroom door if that is the case) that gives off alarm if it is opened. Opening the door to pick up delivery requires video chat w/ community worker so they can see that is all you are doing.
I can understand it if the measures are for traced close contacts following their centralized quarantine, but for people who just happened to pass through a district with a single Medium Risk residential compound, this is ridiculous. We will see. By the time I get out of centralized quarantine, it will be after the centennial celebration of the found of the CCP, may be enforcement will be relaxed by then…
germy
@Amir Khalid:
I see them both.
Baud
Looks like commenting has been fixed.
ETA: Nope. Database is messed up.
germy
Your comment is awaiting moderation.
Joe Falco
It seems like the opportunity is ripe for a Scottish politician to propose rebuilding Hadrian’s Wall to keep out filthy Englishmen and their diseases.
Amir Khalid
@germy:
@Baud:
It looks like the old gremlins of commenting are on their comeback tour.
Anne Laurie
Chovanec’s a recovering Republican; I guess he feels the failure of his former comrades more deeply than we Democrats.
(He’s not wrong — too many ‘Americans’ have chosen party over sanity, which we certainly agree is discouraging.)
Anne Laurie
The spam filter’s gone nuts, temporarily I hope. Until The Issue Is Resolved, front-pagers will be fishing *every* comment out of moderation by hand.
And if it helps, yes, I just had to switch hats and go rescue my own comment from oblivion!
WereBear
I can’t believe all the global news with dead bodies, overflowing hospitals, and societies in mayhem are ignored as FAKE NEWS but apparently, for 1/3 of the nation: that’s so.
YY_Sima Qian
@Anne Laurie: Ha! I was wondering if I had been sent to the dog house! :-P
RobertDSC-Mac Mini
One of my co-workers made an outrageous claim yesterday at work. He went on and on about how C-19 is man-made and that he heard on a radio show that some scientist claimed that there was a protein that was not found in nature. I dismissed his commentary but couldn’t find anything on a basic search to directly refute his claims. Does anyone have an authoritative source to shut him down?
Cheryl Rofer
@RobertDSC-Mac Mini: This is a good article
mrmoshpotato
@David ? ☘The Establishment☘? Koch:
Let’s see. “died” and “died”
Checkmate libtard!
mrmoshpotato
Comment in moderation. ?
Unique uid
I know there are some Mass residents here, did the no-notice install on Android cause much of a stir?
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/06/even-creepier-covid-tracking-google-silently-pushed-app-to-users-phones/
While I normally lean towards the privacy side, I wanted to be a team player and installed the Michigan COVID iOS app last fall. Hasn’t seemed to do much, other than eat about 5% of my battery.
YY_Sima Qian
Regarding the protests at Nanhai District in Foshan, Guangdong Province, the best I can determine (given that Chinese media is silent on the subject and it is suppressed on social media) is that residents at 4 compounds that have been under lock down for nearly a month are extremely frustrated at lack of clarity on when the tough restrictions will be lifted, and are venting their frustration at the community workers and whichever bureaucrat shows up to try to calm them down. Footage shot at high vantage points show dozens, possibly hundreds of protestors at blocked entrances to compounds or cordoned off lock down zones. Palpable anger, but no violence or clashes w/ authorities.
What made matters worse is that some of these compounds (& other areas w/ movement restrictions) were scheduled to be released from lock down a couple of days ago, which was communicated to residents. Then on 6/17 a resident in a locked down compound in Nanhai District tested positive, someone who had passed through 14 days of centralized quarantine as a close contact, & only tested positive while under the following home quarantine. This is unexpected, since the Delta Variant is supposed to have shorter incubation periods. Then on 6/18 a resident in the same building tested positive, without established contact w/ the case reported on 6/17, & who had tested negative multiple times previously. The authorities then pushed back the timing for relaxation of restrictions, without a new timeline.
Therefore, the frustration of the residents are quite understandable. Nothing pisses people off more than given them hope, only to yank it away. The frustration doubles when they see areas in Guangzhou, the epicenter of the outbreak, being released from lockdown, and lock downs not imposed on most areas in Shenzhen & Dongguan, despite the cluster of Delta Variant cases there. The charitable explanation is the authorities are spooked by the 2 most recent cases. The uncharitable explanation is that these are CYA moves by the authorities to make sure a new cluster does not emerge that might affect the centennial celebrations of the founding of the CCP across the country, irrespective of impact to individual lives & livelihoods. Having a Delta variant cluster emerge on their watch, on the cusp of the important anniversary, could be career-ending. Then again, so could popular protests that make it onto Chinese social media & international MSM. Occasionally, I do emphasize w/ Chinese bureaucrats.
However, I would not say that the protests are “massive”, nor are they district wide, at least not so far.
mrmoshpotato
@YY_Sima Qian:
High schoolers in the WeChat, eh? I haven’t heard anyone called a poser in years. ?
MontyTheClipArtMongoose
@Le Comte de Monte Cristo, fka Edmund Dantes: “jair bolsonaro, whom i do not support…”
Soprano2
This is a link to an interview with Steve Edwards, CEO of Cox Hospitals in Springfield, about what’s going on here right now. He’s been a real hero during Covid, working with the local health department and city government about their health ordinances. I’m sure he’s extremely frustrated that we took all the restrictions off because the numbers were pretty good, and then this happened. He’s too polite to say it, so I will – the main problem here is all the MAGA’s who listen to TFG and Tucker and truly believe COVID is either a hoax made up so the hospitals can make more money, or not any worse than a cold. I’ve heard this crap over and over again. I’m so glad I can be protected from these people, some of whom I work with every day! I hope none of them get sick and die, but with Delta here it’s not a matter of if, but when you’ll catch it if you’re not vaccinated.
YY_Sima Qian
@mrmoshpotato: I am translating from Chinese. :-)
mrmoshpotato
@YY_Sima Qian: Ah yes. No offense intended. :)
WaterGirl
@Amir Khalid: There were a bunch of you in the Trash this morning, for no reason I can think of. All have been released, maybe there was some sort of hiccup in the anti-spam plugin?
I’ll keep a close watch and make sure it isn’t happening.
Ruckus
@Baud:
Yes we did. But we are a wealthier nation, we have a better healthcare system, likely a better pol…. OK I can’t write that with a straight face, with a better – not SFB person in charge we had the opportunity to have a lot fewer deaths. No one was going to get out of a world wide pandemic scott free. But with good or common sense (SFB has neither of those in any quantities what so ever) we could have gotten out of this with a lot fewer. It wouldn’t have been fun or freedumb but still it would have been living.
Fair Economist
@YY_Sima Qian: I was wondering a bit at the Chinese protests because my presumption is that COVID denialist/surrenderist protests everywhere are mostly ginned up on social media by bad actors, and I’d expect the CCP would repress that.
Barbara
@Soprano2:
Glad to see I wasn’t the only one who had this reaction to Chovanec. I appreciate his pandemic tweets, and I ascribe his pessimism to the fact that he must feel like he has been drinking from a fire hose for a long time now and to see denialism at this stage has just become too much.
Barbara
@Ruckus: Yes, of course, and it’s pretty clear that a majority of us understood how poorly we did, especially relative to what we should have been able to do and that was one reason or one more reason to vote against Trump. Even a significant percentage who voted for Trump probably realized that.
Ruckus
@Barbara:
I’m not so sure about that. Most of them are lost, deep in over their heads about SFB. And even if they aren’t, they seem to not be able to accept that he is who we said he is all along. I know people who were overjoyed at him running, who couldn’t see he was only racism deep, with absolutely nothing of substance to fall back on.
YY_Sima Qian
@Fair Economist: The Nanhai protests at Foshan are not born of COVID-19 denialist/defeatist sentiments. The residents have cooperated w/ the control & prevention measures (including movement controls & repeated mass screening) for weeks. Virtually nobody in China denies COVID-19, not after seeing that 1st wave ravage Wuhan & Hubei Province, not to mention scenes of misery out of Brazil, the US & India. Virtually nobody in China wants to give up in face of COVID-19, not after the year+ of demonstrated successes in repeatedly eradicating each new outbreak. If anything, the expectation that new outbreaks will be eradicated and case incidence returned to zero within weeks actually puts more pressure on the authorities.
IMO, there is not yet full appreciation by all of the population that the Delta Variant is much more transmissive, which will require even tighter responses to achieve eradication. I think that recognition came a bit slowly to the government authorities, as well, as seen in Guangzhou.
As far as I can tell, the Nanhai residents really are just frustrated by the inconsistent & sometimes opaque communication from the district & municipal authorities, and the seemingly over the top measures. If a compound has an active positive case, or a traced close contact, everyone understands that continued lock down is necessary. The people who were protesting are in compounds that have not registered a single confirmed case or published close contact for weeks. As we have seen everywhere in the world, inconsistent messaging & policies, & insufficient transparency, will negatively affect the credibility of the authorities, & reduce the level of cooperation from the population.
Any COVID-19 denialism/defeatism, & anti-tax sentiments, were suppressed by the Chinese government early on. Zhang Zhang, one of the so called citizen journalists celebrated in the west for bravely documenting the suffering at Wuhan’s hospitals, then arrested & sentenced to 4 years in prison, was also paradoxically a COVID-19 defeatist. She went to the gates of locked down residential compounds and urged people to throw off the bondage of CCP’s “totalitarian” epidemic control measures. It was clear from her videos that, to her, freedom from CCP oppression (real or perceived) was far more important than COVID-19, after her documenting all the misery at Wuhan’s hospitals and funeral homes running 24/7 during the height of the 1st wave in Feb., as well as the impact from the NPI measures by Apr. Things like QR health code & mass screening (neither of which are mandatory, per se), became evidence of impending CCP dystopia. She was also nonsensically (& passive aggressively) confrontational in her encounters w/ either uniformed police or the rent-a-cop security guards. 1 year on, her espoused views are incredibly naive and illogical. I admired her for daring to challenge the official monopoly of narrative around COVID-19, based on western media reports, & I still do. However, I lost much of my sympathies for her after seeing the actual content of the videos she & her collaborators put up on YouTube. Nevertheless, 4 years is prison is incredibly harsh and unjustifiable.
The other celebrated citizen journalist, Chen Qiushi, was posting videos calling for overthrow of the CCP regime, along side his videos documenting the collapsed health system in Wuhan in late Jan. to early Feb. There are reasons why these cases did not find any resonance w/ any segment of the Chinese public, unlike Dr. Li Wenliang. One was calling for the overthrow of the government, in the middle of a major health crisis, when that government was making herculean efforts to contain the situation, albeit after early obfuscations & fumbles. The other urged people to challenge the NPI measures, at a time when the vast majority of people in Wuhan were voluntarily hiding in their homes in fear of the virus.