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However, what I absolutely would not tolerate would be people firewalling my internet connection while I am stuck at home, and trying to prevent me from getting or sending information about the event that was keeping me at home in the first place.
But you are illustrating exactly the difference between the quarantine in China and any semblance of that in the West. While you agree that some limitations on mobility are necessary, you question the rationale behind the firewall. Other people may have a different opinion and demand that the highways and airports be kept open. In the West, we can voice our concerns and question/blame the government because our culture respects an individual's self (as opposed to selfish) interests. In Chinese culture, there is no room for such discussions, particularly in public discourse, not to mention much sorrow for an individual's inconvenience -- or death -- so long as the disease is eventually eradicated and normal life can resume for everyone else.