Fumigating alleys in China - GIF

[Altair]

Fumigating alleys in China.




Previously:

Models of common viruses - photo
Mobile quarantine box - GIF
Prison break in Italy over coronavirus restrictions - GIF
Coronavirus disinfection mini-tank - GIF
Coronavirus no-touch elevator button tricks - GIF

[Jon]

China has a weird mix of anti-COVID measures. This type of public street fumigation is mostly theatrical. This fumigator vehicle does look cool though:




On the other hand, their lockdowns are really forceful. Here they are blocking off streets to prevent people from leaving Beijing in the last lockdown:




Grandma doesn't want a COVID test? Too bad. Look how long that swab is:




Biohazard suits plus weapons is not a good look.

[bob47907]

Speaking of fumigation, the town I grew up in was next to a river. Each summer brought hordes of mosquitoes. To combat the problem, the street department would periodically spray DDT from the back of a pickup truck that drove slowly through the streets. It had a kerosene burner in the bed that would inject DDT into the exhaust and force it out a nozzle in a thick, white fog.

We would follow the truck through the fog on our bikes.
Good times, all.

My wife might say “explains a lot!”