Covid-2019 - 2022-03-24
Date:
Friday, March 25, 2022
Summary:
China's new version of lockdowns: "bubbles," self-contained factories where employees work and live in isolation from the rest of the world. It's the new new thing in the nation that brought us both Covid and lockdowns in the first place. The breathless press coverage in Recommended Reading doesn't mention, however, how "bubbles" interact with materials suppliers, product shippers, or other "bubbles" in supply chains.