Why People in Locked Down Shanghai Are Screaming Out Their Windows

There are videos on social media showing people screaming in protest from their balconies and high-rise homes.

The context of the cacophonic videos is hazy, but according to translated dialogue from the clips, it was during the early days of the Pandemic.

An unnamed man says in one of the clips that everyone is screaming.

We need a plan. We got nothing.

What the?? This video taken yesterday in Shanghai, China, by the father of a close friend of mine. She verified its authenticity: People screaming out of their windows after a week of total lockdown, no leaving your apartment for any reason. pic.twitter.com/iHGOO8D8Cz

— Patrick Madrid ✌🏼 (@patrickmadrid) April 9, 2022

A CNN report earlier this week found that for the first time, a feeling of common sacrifice against the virus is starting to be replaced by frustration against an extended lockdown and logistical issues that are causing some issues.

Even though many were told to prepare for only a few days, meager supplies are being delivered, even though food shortages and disorganization mean only meager supplies are being delivered.

That seems to match the footage being shared on social media. In a clip that shows a crowd and officials in hazmat gear fighting, the only dialogue that could be made out was "starving to death!"

Someone cries out in a clip. We're really starving to death. We have been without food for a long time.

Another video shows a man arguing with COVID officials about not being able to leave his home. The worker tells the resident that food may be delivered to his door. The worker tells him he won't be able to leave his apartment to pick it up if it's delivered downstairs.

The worker says that none of us want it this way.

This isn't the first of China's extremely strict COVID lockdowns, which have mostly protected the country from the widespread COVID infections that have plagued much of the rest of the world. In the face of the country's most serious outbreak yet, it's possible that public frustration and fatigue will make it more difficult to use strict measures.

The government's response to the unrest has not inspired confidence. There are clips of talking drones on the internet.

During the Pandemic Lockdown periods, please strictly adhere to the metropolitan government's protective rules. This act could lead to the spread of a disease.

The footage shows residents trying to return to their homes after being discharged from the hospital. A crying woman is lying on a gurney near the street, her husband arguing with hospital workers.

Someone is dying, he says.

In countries like the US, where authorities continue to loosen coronaviruses recommendations, the video of residents screaming is striking. After airlines announced plans to stop requiring masks, there were huge staff shortages.

There is a grim dichotomy in the footage. On the other hand, the US never really committed to eradicate the virus, and the result has been nearly a million deaths, more than the total deaths from the HIV crisis.

China has flexed its authoritarian might to crush not just the initial outbreak of the coronaviruses but subsequent flareups as well. Even though some experts are suspicious of the figures, they represent an enormous public health victory compared to countries like the US.

The question of whether China can maintain that level of control is being raised by new reports and videos.

The man says in the video that things can't go on because of the seven days of silence. Things will get real if it continues.

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