Another guard told Mr. Huang that he saw a memo from the same lab, which had been posted online. The Wuhan lab had a cure, too, the second guard argued, and scientists planned to sell it and make boatloads of money. Mr. Huang has to pass through several more makeshift checkpoints just to get to the market. At each checkpoint, Mr. Huang must write down his personal information and have his temperature checked. The biggest problem, Mr. Huang said, is the town’s deep combination of listlessness and loneliness.

Source: New York Times February 13, 2020 06:56 UTC