[rudra]

yes. dean. I am concerned about that too. we will have to remember that in many countries including mine, police are not held as the ones who safeguard people and uphold the basic tenets of humanity. they are just licensed thugs ( except individual cases. which are extremely small in number ). Also with this extensive use if masks is complicating their tasks. There are confirmed news of multiple robberies here.

opportunists plying their trade. and they are found everywhere. businessmen hoarding essentials and selling at a high margin.

I also know of other troubles. Patients with maleria or inflammatory arthritis are not getting quinine or hydroxychloroquine. I dunno if it is insufficient productions, delivery troubles, or hoarding. May be a combined effect. I didnt buy the azithromycin and hydroxychloroquine tabs for myself. only helped another person buy enough for a course for adults.

just worried a bit that if this is what happens now, then what is in store when it gets worse...

I hope everything goes better there than what we are experiencing here.

re. The standard narrative that china has effectively controlled the spread of this disease is being disputed even in chinese alternative media. So i dunno where we are at...right now