about all this im so mad that our time during the lockdown has been totally wastedshanghais economy shrank almost 14 in the second quarter as the lockdown in the financial and trading hub shuttered factories curbed consumer spending and disrupted operations at the worlds largest port the lockdown was lifted at the start of june this time round many residents are choosing to stay at home either because they are infected with covid or they are trying to avoid it the subway operator cut services because of a drop in passenger numbers and staff getting sickin the latest week shanghai subway usage was down 51 compared to the same period in 2019 according to bloomberg analysis of the transit data that compares with a month ago when metro ridership was 18 below the same period three years earlierbusinesses are closing at art park mall not far from tongren hospital popular bistro baker spice told customers that it was no longer serving food because the cooks all had covid hu the auto company engineer has been living in a hotel near his office for a week to avoid potentially infecting his family so far hu has tested negative but he is losing patience lately i keep asking friends who get infected if their symptoms are mild he said im thinking to actively get infected by a mildsymptom friend and this terrible life can be over