What YuropFlyer said is pretty much spot on regarding food for those of us in the downtown districts. We all get enough through group buys, some random government veggie deliveries and scrounging around eleme and Meituan for open stores that deliver. Those people I know on the outskirts of the city have a tougher time of it but still manage to get enough to survive. This, of course, does not excuse the government for putting us in this situation.

Mental health is declining for lots of people manifesting itself in daytime drinking, people lashing out at their kids/partners and just general depression. It’s not a healthy way to run a country or an economy. That’s for sure.