China's epidemic jokes go viral, office areas are divided into "yang" and "yin"

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China's epidemic jokes go viral, office areas are divided into "yang" and "yin"

 Reporter : Luo Tingting / Editor : Wen Hui / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2022/12/12/a103596165.html / Image : On December 12, 2022, Beijing citizens lined up to buy medicine. (CNS/AFP via Getty Images)

After the Beijing authorities relaxed the epidemic control, the epidemic situation in various parts of China has soared rapidly, and there are endless jokes about the epidemic on the Internet. The division is divided into "Yangjian" and "Yinjian".

The severe blockade that lasted for three years has made many Chinese people endure to the limit. At the end of November, the "Blank Paper Revolution" protest movement broke out in various parts of China, not only calling for the lifting of the zero blockade, but also pointing the finger at the CCP, demanding that the "Communist Party step down."

This nationwide protest movement forced the CCP authorities to change their anti-epidemic policies, quickly cancel the zero-covid measures, and loosen control but what followed was an outbreak of the epidemic in China, a surge in the number of infected people, and medical runs in various places.

In order to reduce the pressure on the medical system, the government has vigorously promoted the low fatality rate of Omicron virus, and the infected people can recover after taking medicine and isolation at home.

At the same time, all kinds of jokes about the epidemic have been circulating on the Internet. A few weeks ago, Chinese people were displeased by the word "yang", but now "are you yang" has become a popular greeting.

Some netizens laughed at themselves: Beijing and Guangzhou probably have an "average temperature of 38.5 degrees."

Others said: "In another ten days and a half months, the streets will be full of Condor Heroes—Yang Guo", "and his father—Yang Kang", "and maybe Wang Chongyang."

Some companies divide their employees' office areas. Some people jokingly say that the side that has been infected (covi-positive) is called "Yangjian", and the side that has not been infected (covi-negative) is called "Yinjian" (hades).

Some netizens lamented: "The world has changed too fast. Before, no one dared to say that he was male, but now he can't wait to tell the world loudly that he is male."

On the other hand, after the CCP issued 10 new measures for epidemic prevention and fully liberalized control, it also caused new panic. Fever clinics in some hospitals in Beijing, Wuhan and other places are already overcrowded, there is a rush for medicines everywhere, and medicines are out of stock in Beijing, Shanghai, Hunan, Guangzhou, Henan and other provinces and cities.

Videos posted on the Internet showed long queues outside pharmacies in Xinxiang, Henan, Guangdong and many other places, and antipyretics and cold medicines were sold out.

The video shooter said, "This is a pharmacy, not a vegetable market. It's as busy as a vegetable market. Oh my God."