
What is the author's attitude towards the measures taken by the Chinese government? (You can use the excerpts below for reference.) “There are plenty of things that would work to stop an outbreak that we would consider abhorrent in a just and free society.” “To me, as somebody who has spent a lot of time in China, it comes across as incredibly naïve—and if not naïve, then willfully blind to some of the approaches being taken,” Phelan says. Singapore and Hong Kong may be better examples to follow, Konyndyk says: “There has been a similar degree of rigor and discipline but applied in a much less draconian manner.”