Interested to see everyone's take on why Shanghai is in a total lockdown?
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Saving Face Theory: The Chinese gov't has a zero Covid policy. Outbreaks in Shanghai show they can't control the virus and thus will lose "face" and reveal how ineffective the CCP actually is.
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Wuhan Lab Theory: Covid was accidentally leaked from the Wuhan lab and the Chinese know something we don't about long term destructive effects of the virus thus the harsh lockdown.
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Destroy USD Theory: Use the cover of Covid, to close ports creating more supply chain issues thus crashing the USD with more inflation and political unrest.
Which of the above 3 do ya'll think is the most realistic reason for locking down 30million people?
Are there other theories ?