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550 Million Chinese Traveling In Biggest Holiday Since COVID-19 48

Posted by BeauHD from the business-as-usual dept.
hackingbear shares a report from CNN: As October 1 arrives, hundreds of millions of people in China are expected to pack highways, trains and planes for the National Day holiday, one of the busiest times for travel in the world's most populous country. In a sign of the government's confidence in keeping the virus under control, the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention said last week that domestic travels can be arranged "as normal" for the upcoming holiday, given all cities in mainland China are marked as low risk for the coronavirus. The expected 550 million trips during the 8-day holiday will be a much-awaited boost to Chinese economic recovery. "I think China has (the virus) under pretty good control," said a 29-year-old traveler flew from Guangzhou to Shanghai. "I'm wearing masks and bringing alcohol wipes with me to clean my hands, especially before eating -- although in Shanghai, few people wear masks now." More than eight months on, China's restrictions on domestic movement have all been lifted. Officially, some cities still require passengers to produce a green health code on their smartphones at train stations and airports to show they're safe to travel, but implementation can be lax in practice. China has not reported any locally transmitted symptomatic case since mid-August, and is rigorously screening overseas arrivals and workers at risk of exposure to the virus. In other coronavirus-related news, vaccine trial participants are reporting day-long exhaustion, fever and headaches -- but say it's worth it. Slashdot reader gollum123 shares a report from CNBC: Luke Hutchison woke up in the middle of the night with chills and a fever after taking the Covid-19 booster shot in Moderna's vaccine trial. Another coronavirus vaccine trial participant, testing Pfizer's candidate, similarly woke up with chills, shaking so hard he cracked a tooth after taking the second dose. High fever, body aches, bad headaches and exhaustion are just some of the symptoms five participants in two of the leading coronavirus vaccine trials say they felt after receiving the shots. While the symptoms were uncomfortable, and at times intense, they often went away after a day, sometimes sooner, according to three participants in the Moderna trial and one in Pfizer's as well as a person close to another participant in Moderna's trial. Hutchison said he's concerned that the pharmaceutical manufacturers have not sufficiently informed the public about potential side effects. If the vaccines are approved, he fears, it might cause a widespread backlash if word spreads, which is why he decided to go public now.
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  • This month: National Day holiday

    Next month: Thanksgiving (followed by Black Friday sales).

    • Welcome to the third wave! And if previous third waves are anything to go by, it's gonna be horrible.

      • Re: (Score:2)

        by Kokuyo ( 549451 )

        Well, if feminism is anything to go by, the fourth wave is what's really gonna put a damper on any fun.

    • Re:Calendar (Score:5, Funny)

      by arglebargle_xiv ( 2212710 ) on Friday October 02, 2020 @06:10AM (#60563962)

      Luke Hutchison woke up in the middle of the night with chills and a fever after taking the Covid-19 booster shot in Moderna's vaccine trial. Another coronavirus vaccine trial participant, testing Pfizer's candidate, similarly woke up with chills, shaking so hard he cracked a tooth after taking the second dose. High fever, body aches, bad headaches and exhaustion are just some of the symptoms five participants in two of the leading coronavirus vaccine trials say they felt after receiving the shots. While the symptoms were uncomfortable, and at times intense, they often went away after a day, sometimes sooner

      Then, two days later, their skin started going yellowish, they developed hollow, sunken eyes, and they became gaunt. Then they sat there staring into space for hours on end. The craving for human flesh came later, but by then it was too late...

    • "This month: National Day holiday"

      and Prime Day.

      "Next month: Thanksgiving (followed by Black Friday sales)."

      November 11th is Single Day!

  • - The chinese deny the Tiananmen Square massacre
    - The chinese throw toddler tantrums if you insult their over-populated and corrupt nation built on slavery and bloodshed.
    - The chinese throw you in jail for criticizing the excessive smog destroying people's lives.
    - The chinese murdered an unfathomable amount of newborn girls for no reason.
    - The chinese lie, cheat, and steal constantly, almost every knockoff comes from china.
    - The chinese make demands of companies that have nothing to do with china when their

    • - The chinese deny the Tiananmen Square massacre - The chinese throw toddler tantrums if you insult their over-populated and corrupt nation built on slavery and bloodshed. - The chinese throw you in jail for criticizing the excessive smog destroying people's lives. - The chinese murdered an unfathomable amount of newborn girls for no reason. - The chinese lie, cheat, and steal constantly, almost every knockoff comes from china. - The chinese make demands of companies that have nothing to do with china when their fee-fees are hurt. - The chinese are incapable of speaking english without lying. - The chinese brigade, harass, and attack anyone who dares to criticize them. - The chinese brigade, harass, and attack anyone who acknowledges Taiwan's status as a nation. - The chinese brigade, harass, and attack anyone who acknowledges that Hong Kong is not china. - The chinese are committing acts of genocide against Uygher muslims in ways akin to Adolf Hitler's holocaust. - The chinese are the source of the coronavirus, and vomited a torrent of lies akin to an exploding septic tank. One million deaths confirmed. - The chinese allowed their people to enter china while the virus was spreading, and to leave without quarantine. - The ruler of china is threatened by Winnie the Pooh because he is a fragile manchild. - The ruler of china is guilty of crimes against humanity. - The ruler of china is a true modern-day Adolf Hitler.

      But they also infected Trump, so not all bad...

      Still bad. Some of those thing you mentioned are even true.

      • But they also infected Trump, so not all bad...

        Allegedly. Wouldn't surprise me if Cheeto Benito is lying about it.

    • Re:Remember these facts (Score:5, Insightful)

      by AmiMoJo ( 196126 ) on Friday October 02, 2020 @06:52AM (#60564064) Homepage Journal

      Some of this is true and some of it is complete bullshit. Stuff about Chinese people cheating and stealing constantly, or being incapable of speaking English without lying is just pure racism.

      Of course the Chinese government does horrible things (as do some Western governments I might add), but that's not excuse for making such ridiculous generalizations about Chinese people.

    • Re: (Score:3)

      by Evtim ( 1022085 )

      - The chinese are committing acts of genocide against Uygher muslims in ways akin to Adolf Hitler's holocaust.

      Indeed. Here, try something from another country; it has English subtitles. The last portion (from 12:00 onward) should make you go out and imprison every western politician...
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?... [youtube.com]

      BTW, a small correction. It is not akin to Hitler, but Stalin. The "reeducation camps" are a Marxist idea. And just like the USSR invited journalists in the early days of the 20th century and p

    • Re: (Score:1)

      by AmiMoJo ( 196126 )

      Just today this documentary was published about Wuhan and the artists living there. If you believe half the crap you wrote this will blow your mind.

      https://youtu.be/-HkL6VG0XkA [youtu.be]

      China is nothing like people seem to think. I guess the propaganda is working.

    • Yeah but at least they aren't racist shits who do nothing but make generalizations. Shit on the government all you want, but fuck you on behalf of the very many decent Chinese people, far more decent than you appear to be.

      Note I say you, specifically you, because Americans in general are not so overtly racist / stupid.

    • - The chinese deny the Tiananmen Square massacre
      - The chinese throw toddler tantrums if you insult their over-populated and corrupt nation built on slavery and bloodshed.
      - The chinese throw you in jail for criticizing the excessive smog destroying people's lives.
      - ...

      Do you mean Xi Jinping, the leadership of China, the CCP, the nominal government of China, nationals of China, or all ethic Chinese? The meaning of "chinese" is extremely important and quite vague in your statements.

    • I can at any moment return a list for you: (correlate the items yourself)

      • - Americans murdered an unfathomable amount of babies for social failures [guttmacher.org]
      • - American cops kill ~1000 people on the street every year
      • - The US throw you in jail for exposing its crimes
      • - The Americans stole every technologies from Europe
      • - The US sanctions and is trying to snatch foreign companies that they cannot compete against
      • - The Americans knew nothing about the world or their own hypocritical history.
      • - The US slap arbitrary legal fine

    • Re: (Score:2)

      by ghoul ( 157158 )
      Where did President Pooh touch you?

    • - The americans deny climate change
      - The americans throw toddler tantrums and demand to see the manager if their drive-through cheeseburger only has eight slices of bacon instead of ten
      - The american police shoot you for being black
      - The americans murdered an unfathomable amount of unborn babies for no reason
      - The americans lie, cheat and steal constantly
      - The americans make demands of companies that have nothing to do with america when their fee-fees are hurt
      - The americans are incapable of speaking proper

  • official Chinese data unreliable (Score:5, Informative)

    by world1703 ( 6695366 ) on Friday October 02, 2020 @04:43AM (#60563790)
    The official numbers reported by China are obviously way too small. For example, only 9 dead are reported for Beijing, a city of 20.5 million people. My inlaws however living in Beijing know 3 fatalities personally, 2 were neighbours and died in their appartment building. How probable is that? It's ridiculous to put the Chinese propaganda next to the real numbers of other countries.
    • Even the best of countries/regions (Singapore/HongKong/Taiwan) which handled it really well and did all of the right things still have difficulty and multiple waves.

      There's two likely explanations: (1) fabricated numbers as you say and/or (2) strict (authoritarian) measures the likes of which do not exist elsewhere which have mitigated spread.

      As for the OP, Hackingbear is a well-known propagandist on this website (I challenge you to find one post or article critical of China or pro-US).

    • 2 were neighbours and died in their appartment building. How probable is that?

      It was a gas leak citizen, nothing to see here. Move along now before your social score gets dinged.

    • The official numbers reported by China are obviously way too small.

      No matter how you try to spin your conspiracy theory, the 550 million Chinese travel plans prove you're wrong. Facts speak louder than hyperbole.

    • Re: (Score:2)

      by tlhIngan ( 30335 )

      The official numbers reported by China are obviously way too small. For example, only 9 dead are reported for Beijing, a city of 20.5 million people. My inlaws however living in Beijing know 3 fatalities personally, 2 were neighbours and died in their appartment building. How probable is that? It's ridiculous to put the Chinese propaganda next to the real numbers of other countries.

      In other news, China has reported a sharp spike in people dying from influenza...

  • CCP wants to make themselves out to be great, and CNN must keep up the "covid-19 is existential" narrative till Nov Zero trust of either source

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