I’m stuck somewhere between “That does not seem like obviously proportionate response”, “On a societal scale that’s about as nuclear as you could do without e.g. deploying troops”, “I would bet government wants a Bold Statement”, “Too little & too late if wife is a weathervane.”
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Fun side story: Since China stopped school, Alibaba and Tencent offered up their Slack/Zoom equivalent for free if you are teaching an online course This did not go down well with the studentshttps://uk.news.yahoo.com/alibabas-dingtalk-gets-bad-grades-114948664.html …
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School aside, The apps are notorious for “micromanagement” features (e.g. daily checkins, listing tasks done, reminders etc, forced webcam on from admins)https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-alibaba-labour/ding-always-on-alibaba-office-app-fuels-backlash-among-chinese-workers-idUSKBN1KO0RR …
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source for claim: Japan
PM Abe calls for all schools to close starting March 2ndhttps://asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Coronavirus/Abe-seeks-nationwide-school-closures-over-coronavirus …Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Oops - this time with the right like to another country, Singapore (courtesy of Lee Hsien Loong):https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyZwtKJn-Ac …
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How many businesses will be minted supplying supplemental scale-up services to the healthcare industry over next year?
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What happens with the kids that don't have a full-time stay at home parent? Or is the assumption that that doesn't exist?

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Very soon that won’t be a problem anymore...
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This seems like similar to the disproportionate (though still arguably sensible depending on your own point of view) response in many areas of China with only a few or zero cases, yet they still put up giant banners that say “to meet with relatives is to ahem society” and such.
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