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2: Order a crackdown
How to become a dictator
Zero COVID Is a Cold War Pandemic
The Wuhan model ends up being rolled out across China, dubbed zero COVID. At first, it did curb outbreaks, while much of the world buckled under the pandemic. But unlike elsewhere, the restrictions never went away. It became a cover to track everybody's movements and build an unprecedented mass surveillance dragnet.
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