#Comment: In times of crisis, the true extent of hypocrisy and lunacy in a system becomes evident: Lawrence Gostin, who specializes in global health policy at Georgetown University Law Center, just called the policies of the Chinese government against the coronavirus “astounding, unprecedented, and medieval”. In the meantime, the EU is heavily debating if its worth emulating the Chinese measures, calling them "highly effective" yet simultaneously screaming "but don't forget, china is a evil dictatorship!". All while the coronavirus is rapidly spreading in the EU and US, where the responds of officials and public is progressively looking like a mix of ignorance and incompetence. The "west" has developed a curios mix of extreme arrogance coupled with systemic stupidity, which clearly has to yield catastrophic outcomes sooner or later...