"I believed that they would be looking for people to blame. The fingers would point at the outsider who was not wearing a mask."

Disagree. In January, the group that Kunmingers feared most were those from Hubei. Wuhan citizens were fearfully discriminated against the most across China. Caucasian foreigners were the least of people's concern. To presume locals were looking to blame you first would be a misunderstanding, if not reasons outside race.

@Bram_ovic, you are awesome, thank you!

From the other thread, colinflahive wrote, "There are some rules that we must currently follow including...

1. must scan in QR code
2. must scan temperature
3. must wear mask when not eating or drinking
4. must limit seating at tables and tables must be at least 1 meter apart"

Let me add #5.
Restaurant occupancy must not exceed 30% of full capacity. How that will be enforced will be tricky, just like the QR code scanning across town.

AlPage, good questions that await addressing as they may pertain to some of us expats returning to South of Cloud.

FYI, over a month ago Wuhan residents quarantined in designated hotels near KM Changshui airport had free board. Even food delivered to them daily were free. But that was then, this is now.

That said, quarantine measures in Spring City after January 22 was swift. Props to our local municipal officers and local community volunteers for handling their biz early on. They could be seen wondering the streets early mornings disinfecting communities. Still are.

The relative low count in Kunming could also be attributed to strict, top-down containment measures. Not just geographical (distance from epicenter) and low population advantages where mass departure of migrant workers during lunar break, and not being able to return to KM as transportation were cut off, as JanJal could attest.

Some of these formulae of success ought to be emulated in countries where new outbreaks are budding, rather than downplaying for the sake of appeasing markets and business normalcy, in the case of current U.S. administration.

China's economy was sacrificed for a solid month for containment purposes. Businesses and consumer confidence still hammered as a result. You gotta give them that much at least.

Your subtle reference, dichotomous passivity of Stella caught in crossfire in A Streetcar Named Desire, did not go unnoticed.