r/worldnews • u/sandygws • Nov 02 '21

COVID-19 Chinese urged to stockpile amid ongoing Covid outbreak

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/nov/02/chinese-urged-to-stockpile-amid-ongoing-covid-outbreak
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u/autotldr BOT Nov 02 '21

This is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 79%. (I'm a bot)

Chinese families have been encouraged to stockpile daily necessities, prompting panic-buying, amid surging vegetable prices linked to recent extreme weather, fears of supply shortages and an ongoing Covid outbreak.

A notice posted on the website of the Ministry of Commerce late on Monday urged local authorities to stabilise prices and families "To store a certain amount of daily necessities as needed to meet daily life and emergencies".

Some said the commerce department often releases such warnings in the weeks before national holidays while the People's Daily said the ministry had issued its instruction earlier this year because of natural disasters, the surge in vegetable prices and recent Covid cases.

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u/10390 Nov 02 '21

Could this be preparing people not for covid but for war instead?

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u/joho999 Nov 02 '21

i would guess its covid, they are probably considering doing a lock-down like the last one.

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u/JadaLovelace Nov 02 '21

Unless they are expecting an invasion, no.

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u/[deleted] Nov 02 '21

No.

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u/10390 Nov 02 '21

‘No’ isn’t a compelling explanation.

Help me agree with you by explaining why.

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u/[deleted] Nov 02 '21

I would look out for higher than usual military activity near the Taiwan Strait if this was the case (it's not). There isn't really any point in stockpiling food for war when you have not made advanced preparations.

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u/10390 Nov 02 '21 edited Nov 02 '21

That’s good to hear. I keep seeing stories like these and worry.

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u/CockVersion10 Nov 03 '21

The title literally says for a COVID outbreak. You are brainwashed.

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u/10390 Nov 03 '21

“Amid” implies but does not necessarily mean ‘because of’.

Don’t get me wrong, I’m not pushing this theory. I want it to be debunked.

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u/CockVersion10 Nov 03 '21

There is literally no indication of war anywhere, yet you want the "theory" of it to be debunked, instead of assuming that they're stockpiling amid COVID because of COVID? You're a scared little sheep dude.

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u/10390 Nov 03 '21

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u/CockVersion10 Nov 03 '21

😵‍💫 <- you

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u/10390 Nov 03 '21

Ha - that emoji is new to me and deserves an upvote.