Just as [[mainstream media]] and the scientific community fell for the sucker-punch of [[Chinese Communist]] misinformation from the start of the [[coronavirus]] [[pandemic]], so too have many fallen for lockdowns, based on the Chinese model, to contain the virus.
Lockdowns in [[the West]] have strengthened [[Communist Party of China]]'s control over the global supply chain. Lockdowns have caused the [[economy]] of the [[Peoples Republic of China]] economy to continue growing while other economies around the world, mostly free societies but not only free societies to shrink.<ref>https://www.theepochtimes.com/how-lockdowns-benefited-beijing-and-why-its-push-for-the-measure-needs-scrutiny_3933290.html</ref>
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