First, there were a few reports out there that the Commie bastards were severely undercounting deaths publicly based on the number of cremation urns seen at the local facilities. Second, the Commies bastards "put a lid on it" by taking away whatever freedoms their populace had (with the help of you tech scumbags in Silicon Valley). Third, we would not even be in this position if those fucks followed proper; i.e., MODERN, food sanitary guidelines. But hey, we have to respect "cultural differences" like feet binding and genital mutilation, right?
By this measure, we can just disband our military because if someone invades us, it's their fault for being assholes.
This freedom stuff still baffles me, people get pissy that masks are "taking away their freedom" (even when insisted upon by the private business they are entering) - meanwhile we actually issue very costly tickets for not wearing a seat belt, more expensive ones for not putting your child in a car seat, leaving your dog in a car on a hot day, etc...
We don't let people walk around naked, we require restaurants to be inspected by health inspectors, building contractors are required to meet code via inspection.
Hell, your whole premise here is ironic - the commies took away the people of China's freedom to cap the pandemic, they shouldn't do that, but they should be taking away their freedom to buy, sell, and eat bats.