CCP the root cause of the out-of-control epidemic in Shanghai

 Research, editing : Gan Yung Chyan, KUCINTA SETIA

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Outflow of secret meeting documents: Beijing is the culprit of the epidemic

The epidemic in Shanghai continues to escalate, and the epidemic continues to spill over. There is also a severe epidemic in Guangzhou, and the city closure mode may be activated at any time. At the same time, an exchange record of an expert epidemic prevention meeting was released in Shanghai, revealing a lot of information and facts within the system, and exposing that the Cultural Revolution-style brutal epidemic prevention was exactly what the authorities believed to be an effective model. After all, what key information did this secret meeting reveal? Will the whole country of China move towards opening up and unblocking? Who is the culprit behind the out-of-control epidemic in Shanghai and the Cultural Revolution-style epidemic prevention? What is the fundamental reason for Beijing's reluctance to give up "zeroing"? Is there another wave of epidemics coming to China? Discuss with you in this episode.

Today we want to bring everyone to pay attention to the epidemic situation in China. Because of the continuous and rapid spread of the epidemic in China, not only Shanghai is still under strict control, but a "high-risk area" has also emerged in Beijing's Chaoyang District, and Guangzhou, China's "South Gate", has also encountered highly severe challenges.

The number of confirmed cases and asymptomatic cases in Guangzhou on April 10 has increased to 27. Compared with the more than 20,000 cases per day in Shanghai, this number is insignificant. However, the local officials have urgently built a large-scale makeshift hospital and upgraded the closure control. Judging from these signs, the epidemic situation in Guangzhou It has already started to explode.

Next, Guangzhou is likely to start the city closure mode at any time, so Guangzhou people have also begun to panic buying food and hoarding spare parts. Why Guangzhou also set off a wave of grain grabbing? The main reason is that the extreme zero-level prevention and control in Shanghai this time has caused a serious "secondary disaster", causing a large number of people to run out of food or lack food. Vice Premier Sun Chunlan of the Communist Party of China visited Shanghai a few days ago. People shouted for help on the spot, but officials turned a deaf ear.

Shanghai people:

"I beg the leaders to pull us away! No more rice! No more oil!"

Li Qiang, secretary of the Shanghai Municipal Party Committee, visited a certain community on April 11, and the residents of the community broke the news that the local officials arranged for several of their residents to work together to perform a "peace in the world" drama, asking the resident to go downstairs to get the express delivery and let him Li Qiang saw it, to show that "the residents are very free in the community", and they danced and danced.

Unexpectedly, Li Qiang, on a whim, turned to another community to inspect. As a result, in this community that had not been "rehearsed", a large number of people appeared to "redress" Li Qiang, emphasizing that he could not buy food to eat, which made Li Qiang embarrassed.

Think about it, Li Qiang, as the "top leader" in Shanghai, can't he be clear about the impact of the authorities' brutal "clearing" policy on residents? However, when Li Qiang went out to inspect, the officials at the bottom had to deliberately fake acting and find someone to pose for a picture of peace in the world. After Li Qiang also cooperated with the reading, he temporarily turned around to see other communities and felt the "street truth".

So the matter of Li Qiang, we can see a serious strange image, that is, the CCP's officialdom has long been full of  false propaganda and posing culture. sight to deceive each other. In the end, it will inevitably cause officials to underestimate the suffering of the people and make wrong decisions, which will lead to even greater losses and disasters after any epidemic or natural disaster is seasoned by the "man-made disaster" of the CCP officials.

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Shanghai experts exchange meeting records on epidemic prevention

How will the epidemic in Shanghai, and even the whole of China, develop next? We don't know yet. However, in the past two days, an internal meeting record of Shanghai officials has leaked out. This document is said to be an internal exchange meeting of epidemic prevention experts. The meeting time is from 8:00 p.m. to 10:15 p.m. on April 8th. Views on the national epidemic.

Although this document is confidential, it does not specifically disclose which expert spoke or which unit held the meeting, but from the perspective of the content of the conversation, the wording and tone of the document, it does not seem like it was fabricated by netizens. It may be the speech of an epidemic prevention expert, so it has a certain reference value and can help us grasp more information about the epidemic from another angle.

This meeting record is actually quite informative, but because he is an official within the system, his speech tends to be oblique or reserved. It takes a little interpretation to see the clue. Therefore, I would like to interpret a few key points that I have seen before coming out and provide your reference.

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Nationwide upgrade of seal control and accelerated clearing to protect the 20th National Congress of the CCP

In the program on Qingming Festival, we mentioned to you that Shanghai originally adopted the "precise prevention and control" route suggested by experts, that is to allow a part of "coexistence with the virus", which is similar to the "dynamic clearing" of Beijing Central It was a conflict, and it didn't take long for Shanghai to declare that it would be cleared and the city would be closed. At the time, we said that Shanghai's shift to "zero" was under pressure from Beijing, because the epidemic would affect Xi Jinping's authority within the party and his re-election to the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party.

This meeting record also confirms this. The epidemic prevention expert clearly stated that "more stringent control measures may be implemented at the Shanghai and even the national level in the future", mainly due to political considerations, because the "Twenty National Congress" meeting of the Communist Party of China will be held in October. Experts said, "This is an important time point, and we don't want to see another outbreak before this time point that a super-large city like Shanghai needs to be closed, because this will lead to a worse impact on the entire international public opinion."

See it? Obviously, the primary motive for the CCP authorities to vigorously promote the "clearing" is not to protect the health of the people, but to protect the smooth holding of the Party's 20th National Congress, and to protect the international face of the party leader. To put it bluntly, the CCP is not trying to clear up the "country" and "people", but to clear the zero for the "party" and the "party leader". Everyone should pay attention to this, and don't let the CCP confuse the party and the state.

Experts said that if the authorities do not "coexist with the virus", then Shanghai may implement "large-scale control measures". "In the future, as long as there are more than 3 cases across the country, urban blockade measures will be required. Although it may seem excessive, it will cost a lot less.”

That is to say, not only Shanghai, but also all over China may take stricter lockdown measures. If there are more than three confirmed cases in an urban area, the entire urban area will be blocked. Experts say that the cost of such prevention and control will be "much smaller". The reason is that "other urban areas (can) continue to flow and can provide logistical guarantees for materials."

However, with such a severe closure, what if there are more than three confirmed cases in other urban areas, and all of them are closed and controlled? How to solve the problem of material, logistics, and logistics chain disconnection? This point, the experts did not say.

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Politics in command, eager to clear victory at all costs

Judging from the entire meeting minutes, it can be found that experts spend a lot of time evaluating when they can "complete the reset", when they can declare "successful anti-epidemic", and even "at all costs".

The expert said that he predicts that the epidemic data will decline from this week, and that "from late April to early May, it is a relatively broad node to announce a successful epidemic." He further predicted that "it may be cleared by 5.10. If the control is stricter, at all costs, the follow-up can be cleared on 4.20."

Well, have you noticed that experts keep emphasizing when it can be cleared and when it can be declared a success in the fight against the epidemic. Why? Because this involves the face of the Beijing Party Central Committee, because in the past two years, Beijing has been declaring the CCP's victory in the fight against the epidemic, claiming that socialism has "institutional advantages" and can "concentrate its strength on major things", which has also become Xi Jinping's use to win re-election important transcripts.

However, if on the eve of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, this report card is broken and the epidemic prevention achievements are broken, then Xi Jinping will be quite embarrassed and lose face both overseas and within the party, so Beijing will not follow the West’s way no matter what.” "Coexist with the virus" line, insist on clearing the epidemic, or at least "clearing the data" on the surface, and not allowing the data to rise significantly.

In fact, we can also see helplessness and clues from the speeches of experts. For example, someone at the scene asked why Shanghai has not officially "closed the city" and public transportation has been open? The expert replied, "This is an act permitted by Beijing, and there are political considerations."

What does this mean? This shows that Beijing is concerned that Shanghai is a major international city. If Shanghai is completely closed down, the international community will see the failure of the CCP’s epidemic prevention and Beijing will lose face, so it does not say "closed city" to the outside world, but "global static management", of course This is just self-deceiving wordplay.

Moreover, experts also revealed that their group of professionals does not have any hope of "clearing". He does not want to open the community rashly. He emphasized that "if the supplies are guaranteed, it will be closed at least until the end of April."

What does this reflect? This shows that experts are very difficult to "clear" epidemiology, but the Beijing authorities are under pressure to lose, so experts have to cooperate to carry out "clearing the Great Leap Forward", but if we really want to do it When the epidemic is cleared, people will have to endure long-term isolation and pay huge social and economic costs.

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Misjudgment by the authorities, politics over professionalism, and cultural revolution-style epidemic prevention

I believe you have also seen that in the process of epidemic prevention in Shanghai and other cities, many radical and violent epidemic prevention methods have emerged. It seems like the struggle movement of the "Cultural Revolution" was reincarnated in Shanghai. The scenes of forcibly pulling people continue to be staged.

There is even a group of soldiers and anti-epidemic personnel, holding a board over an old gentleman picking up rubbish, with a smug expression, which fully reflects the CCP's trampling and brutality of human rights.

The expert also admitted that the epidemic prevention measures in Shanghai this time were "simple and rude", but he believed that "simple and rude epidemic prevention methods are the most effective", because from the beginning, the authorities had misjudged the power and risk of the Omicron virus. As a result, the epidemic prevention strategy cannot keep up.

He revealed, "First of all, the initial research and judgment were not in place, and many political factors interfered. There were many important meetings in January and February, when the epidemic was already spreading, but Shanghai, as a benchmark city, was not suitable to take measures during the meeting, and missed a critical opportunity." , "It also includes some political considerations at the leadership level."

See it? Experts revealed this important information from the system, telling us that the reason for the brutal "Cultural Revolution epidemic prevention" or "violent epidemic prevention" this time is the CCP's misjudgment and wrong decision-making on the epidemic, plus various political considerations. , resulting in missing the best opportunity for prevention and control. In the end, there was no way to do it, and only the most brutal means could be used to completely seal and control and speed up the clearing.

Therefore, we can say that the reason why the epidemic in Shanghai is so severe this time, and many "secondary disasters" have occurred, is probably not the root cause of the Omicron virus, but the political misjudgment of the CCP, which is a man-made disaster.

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Officials are unable to take care of more than 20 million people and allow people to starve

People: "I'm starving to death!"

Lack of food and inability to grab food is the biggest "secondary disaster" of the Shanghai epidemic. Whether people are at home or sent to makeshift hospitals, they are faced with food shortages and no one to deliver meals. In fact, the officials know this, but they can only let the people go hungry.

The expert said frankly, "The people are under great pressure, and there are protests. The Shanghai government's logistics and distribution capabilities are insufficient because the population is too large." He also said, "Because it is almost impossible to protect more than 20 million people. It can be said that the vast majority of people in Shanghai are not starving to death, but they don’t have much surplus food.”

Wait a minute, is there really no one starving to death? Or are they just hiding, or haven't found it yet? After all, in a city as big as Shanghai, there are many elderly people or old couples who can’t surf the Internet, buy food in groups, or ask for help online. How does the government know that no one will starve to death? A few days ago, a resident of a certain community broke the news that some elderly people living alone in their community had starved to death.

I think there may be many more cases of people starving to death, but they have not been discovered because they are still under strict control. From this perspective, the officials underestimated their own material distribution and logistics capabilities, and hastily implemented the city-wide lockdown, which is equivalent to locking more than 20 million residents in this large prison in Shanghai, and risking their lives to gamble with the authorities. The virus is cleared, or the residents are cleared.

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The isolation capacity can be full, and the "home isolation" will not be introduced for the time being

A few days ago, Vice Premier Sun Chunlan of the Communist Party of China went to Shanghai to announce the "clearance" to the end. He also emphasized that "everything should be checked, everything should be collected, everything should be separated, and everything should be treated." But in fact, Shanghai has no ability to do so.

Experts say that the isolation work is now seriously lagging behind, "because there is no isolation hotel. For positives, it mainly relies on Fangcang cabins (hospitals)", and the Fangcang cabin hospitals are now fully booked, but the authorities have shortened the period in order to clear them. The policy of "home isolation" will not be introduced within this time, that is, even mild or asymptomatic patients must be sent to isolation points or makeshift hospitals for isolation.

Therefore, the authorities continue to step up the construction of more square cabin hospitals, but the equipment is quite crude and rough, and even before they are completed, people are sent to isolation and become living "square cabin concentration camps". Many people have changed from asymptomatic to symptomatic because of poor living conditions.

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Some people continue to die from the epidemic, the official concealment

We have emphasized to you many times in the program that the CCP's official epidemic data is fake, especially the death toll from the epidemic, which has remained at 4,636 since January 25 last year, and it was not reported until 19 March 2022, 2 deaths, and it is also emphasized that the deceased had a long-term illness. Of course, such data is very suspicious.

For example, China’s Caixin.com only recently disclosed that a severe epidemic broke out in the largest Donghai nursing home in Shanghai, killing more than 20 people, but the hospital kept silent, and the Caixin report was immediately deleted by the authorities. Is there something tricky behind this? Why did the government and nursing homes work together to cover up this incident and block media coverage?

The expert's statement also revealed clues. He said why the authorities insisted on clearing and not letting go? "The main concern is the problem of excess deaths once we let go," "If we let go, the number of severe cases will rise dramatically, and not all of these people will be saved."

OK, did you see that? Did the experts' remarks also reveal that in fact, people have been dying in this epidemic? There have been people who have not been rescued because of severe illness? So now the authorities are afraid to let go, because they are worried that the number of deaths will skyrocket and there will be "excess deaths", that is, more deaths than the authorities can cover up.

He also emphasized, "Our current political system, social system, and cultural traditions do not allow this to happen." What does that mean? It is not that the tradition of Chinese culture does not allow people to die from illness, but in the CCP's political system, social system and party culture, so many people are not allowed to "die from illness", because this will impact the party's prestige and pierce the party's "resistance". "Victory against the epidemic" will make the party and the party leader fall into a crisis of legitimacy of the regime, and it will make the party leader passive in the political defense battle of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China. Think about it, isn't it?

So to put it simply, under the totalitarian system of the CCP, if the party says you are positive, you are positive. So is the CCP really "serving the people", or is the people serving the CCP? It's worth reflecting on.

Well, the minutes of this meeting are very long. In fact, it also contains a lot of information. For example, experts have revealed that they will still coexist with the virus in the future. A wave of outbreaks will return between May and September. But because these details have great variability, we won't go into details.

Finally, we would like to emphasize that this meeting record not only revealed the inside information and some facts within the CCP system, but more importantly, it revealed that the CCP was the root cause of the out-of-control epidemic in Shanghai, and the CCP was the cause of the outbreak. The initiator of "Cultural Revolution-style epidemic prevention" in Shanghai. All misjudgments and rudeness are aimed at ensuring Beijing's face and the re-election of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China.

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Study: People over 50 with covid susceptible to herpes zoster

Reporter : Li Zhaoxi / Editor: Zhang Jie / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2022/04/14/a103400209.html

A new study shows that covid increases the risk of shingles in elderly infected people. The researchers caution health care workers and people over 50 to be vigilant about this potential risk.

Herpes zoster (commonly known as snake coil sore) is a skin disease caused by the varicella zoster virus (VZV), which is more common in middle-aged and elderly people. Although shingles can appear anywhere on the body, it is most common as a single blister on the left or right side of the trunk, accompanied by severe pain.

The researchers found that people 50 and older with covid were 15 percent more likely to develop shingles than people who had never had covid. Among patients who were seriously ill and hospitalized, the risk climbed to 21 percent.

Dr Amit Bhavsar, lead investigator of the study and head of clinical research and development at GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) in Brussels, said, "It is important that health care professionals and people over 50 Be aware of this potential increased risk so that if a patient develops shingles after contracting COVID-19, it can be diagnosed and treated early."

For the study, Bafsal and his colleagues compared the medical data of nearly 400,000 covid patients aged 50 and older with more than 1.5 million people who had never had COVID. None of the people in both groups had been vaccinated against covid or shingles.

The researchers found that the risk of herpes zoster was elevated among covid patients, and that the high risk persisted for at least 6 months after becoming ill.

It makes sense that covid might trigger shingles because the virus is immune to the system wreaking havoc. He has encountered more and more such patients.

The varicella-zoster virus hides in nerve cells after people initially contract chickenpox. T cells are the key to controlling the chickenpox virus. "When your T cells aren't doing this job, like you're sick, stressed, or you're getting older, the chickenpox virus can run out of the nerves and into your skin, and the T cells can no longer control it." Kovalik explained.

Kovalik noted that the shingles vaccine is just a booster to the chickenpox vaccine, trying to wake up people's immune cells so they can develop some immune activity against the virus. He worries that people with immune system problems may not respond as well to vaccines or a severe covid infection could overwhelm the immune response to shingles.

Bafsar noted that because people who were vaccinated against shingles were excluded from the study, it is not known whether the shingles vaccine would limit or eliminate this risk from covid.

The new study was published recently in the journal Open Forum Infectious Diseases.