Currently living in Shanghai. Things are… OK? I have to do a COVID test (takes under a minute to 20 minutes, depending on how long the line is; the average is under 5.) every 3 days, and the day before I go to a hospital. While a lot of places require masking and COVID passes in theory, the only places I’ve seen them enforced are at work and in hospitals, where security checks your pass. No one at work wears masks, even if they’re sick. Public masking is pretty rare, but then again I don’t take public transit. This is the new normal, and I can see it continuing indefinitely. Also, people who can’t use/afford smartphones are pretty screwed, since you need like 5 different apps to get by.
The food delivery app has the vaccination status and live body temperature of the delivery driver. I’m not sure how that’s done. Still no updated vaccine that I’m aware of, despite the Red Army deploying their own in June 2020.
Currently living in Shanghai. Things are… OK? I have to do a COVID test (takes under a minute to 20 minutes, depending on how long the line is; the average is under 5.) every 3 days, and the day before I go to a hospital. While a lot of places require masking and COVID passes in theory, the only places I’ve seen them enforced are at work and in hospitals, where security checks your pass. No one at work wears masks, even if they’re sick. Public masking is pretty rare, but then again I don’t take public transit. This is the new normal, and I can see it continuing indefinitely. Also, people who can’t use/afford smartphones are pretty screwed, since you need like 5 different apps to get by.
The food delivery app has the vaccination status and live body temperature of the delivery driver. I’m not sure how that’s done. Still no updated vaccine that I’m aware of, despite the Red Army deploying their own in June 2020.