China's Covid narrative different than the West's. What's the next step after "disinfection squads?"
Thousands of workers have been organized into teams to disinfect areas….
Fire fighters have been plucked from their duties to take up roles as disinfectors, a local youth league has recruited volunteers for disinfection squads, and emergency rescue teams from far-flung parts of China have been enlisted in the drive – often strapping on heavy equipment and full hazmat suits….with blaring recorded messages playing on loop reminding people of how to prevent the disease . . .
Late last month, officials put out recommendations for residents on how to disinfect, urging them against "spraying disinfectants directly on people," using "canon trucks" and drones, or disinfecting outdoor air.
Chinese authorities have long cited environmental contamination as part of their rhetoric that the virus may not have originated in China.
Chinese officials said an outbreak at a market in Beijing likely began due to a worker being infected from handling imported, frozen salmon contaminated with virus. Chinese authorities have on numerous occasions pointed to cold-chain imports or other contaminated surfaces, like on airplanes or even international mail, as vectors of diseases.
And as Beijing has sought to reframe the narrative around the origin of the coronavirus, first detected in China, officials have pitched a theory that the virus could have been imported on frozen goods in the first place – a hypothesis broadly dismissed by international experts.
https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/02/china/china-covid-disinfection-intl-hnk-mic/index.html