There’s no way that China’s lockdowns passed a cost-benefit test, let alone a basic human rights test. But it’s hard to explain all the data if you assume they had no impact on viral transmission, argues Noah Carl.
Did the original lockdown of January 2020 work in China? It was the role model for all that followed, and even some sceptics think it was effective on its own terms. But is that what the evidence shows?
China’s lockdown “worked” in the sense that it stopped the virus in its tracks. So does this mean Europe's lockdowns worked? No, China's lockdown was far stricter, and the effect of lockdown is not linear.
On Tuesday March 10th 2020, Trump flipped to support lockdowns, Italy locked down and Tomas Pueyo published his viral post that convinced millions to back extreme measures. Why was that the day the world became China?
Joe Biden signed on Monday a new law requiring all U.S. intelligence agencies to release all documents relating to the origins of COVID-19 within 90 days – but redacted for 'national security'.
A researcher in France has identified previously undisclosed genetic data from the Huanan Seafood Market in Wuhan, China, that she and colleagues say support the theory that the COVID-19 pandemic began there.
China is to resume issuing visas to foreign tourists for the first time since the Covid pandemic broke out three years ago as the country moves back to normal.
Chinese officials want to bring in lockdowns to combat the flu, as the Washington Post argues that U.S. Covid restrictions likely saved "an incalculable number of lives".
In an unexpected move, the Chinese drone manufacturer DJI has stopped selling drones to Russia and started selling them to Ukraine. Does this signal a shift in China’s attitude to the conflict?
There is much evidence the virus was spreading globally in autumn 2019. However, it was in Wuhan that it had its first explosive outbreak, shortly after being detected there. This is unlikely to be a coincidence.
