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“Scan Your Code!”:\u00a0Dystopian Post-Lockdown ‘Normal’ In Wuhan Enforced By ‘Anti-Virus Patrols’<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The industrial hub of over eleven million people and ground zero for the global outbreak, Wuhan, has come roaring back to life but more in the way of a dystopian version of itself<\/strong> after the virus peaked there in February and now with almost no new infections occurring according to official numbers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Under strict lockdown since late January as the virus ripped through the original ‘hot zone’ epicenter of Hubei province, the capital city provides a glimpse of what hard-hit urban centers in the West may look like in a new post-lockdown world<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“So far, Wuhan\u2019s answer has been to create a version of normal that would appear utterly alien to people in London, Milan, or New York \u2014 at least for the moment,” Bloomberg<\/a> writes. It’s a situation that appears ‘normal’ but with a totalitarian twist: “Bolstered by China\u2019s powerful surveillance state<\/a>, even the simplest interactions are mediated by a vast infrastructure of public and private monitoring intended to ensure that no infection goes undetected for more than a few hours<\/strong>.”Police in some locations have begun to use AI-powered smart helmets to track citizens’ temperatures. Source: China News\/Weibo via Daily Mail.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Just to get a major Lenovo tablet and phone factory on the outskirts of the city up and running again – previously closed for over two months – workers are first greeted by a series of four temperature checks<\/strong>. If flagged for even slightly higher than normal temperature (above 99.1F) they get referred to an in-house \u201canti-virus task force\u201d<\/strong> to make determinations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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