Zihan (he/him) is majoring in Communication. He spent 10 years living in Shanghai, where he and his friends opened a record shop to support the Shanghai indie music community. He founded a label and creative group that organizes music parties in underground clubs and aims to combine the local gallery and music scenes. He is also a graphic designer who completed an internship with Shanghai Fashion Week in 2024, helping to promote their social media accounts. Zihan plays drums in a midwest-emo band and conducts research on Shanghai's experimental music scene, building an archive of its history.
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I would say I have a lot of things to say about this topic, because I am also a victim of the quarantine. My point could fall in the middle of either supporting quarantine or banning it. Quarantine is necessary at first because everyone is afraid of the unknown. As two years pass, we have to evaluate the economic cost that quarantine brings and the benefits of quarantine. I have heard a lot of people lose their jobs during quarantine. If the Covid 19 is diminished, there will still be a bunch of unemployed people, and social welfare will keep declining. Therefore, we need to pursue ways to improve the highest social happiness. It does not mean just keeping people alive, but living with a good quality of life.