A medical-surveillance system that China implemented after SARS led officials to discover the new coronavirus within 1 week — here's how it works

Authorities in the Chinese province of Xinjiang, for example, instituted mandatory biometric-data collection programs to collect DNA, iris scans, fingerprints and blood types from residents. Of Xinjiang's 20 million residents, 49% are Uyghurs, most of whom are Muslim. The group continues to face severe discrimination, surveillance, and forced detention from the Chinese government.

"The mandatory data-banking of a whole population's biodata, including DNA, is a gross violation of international human rights norms, and it's even more disturbing if it is done surreptitiously, under the guise of a free health care program," Sophie Richardson, China director of Human Rights Watch, said of that program in 2017.

Why is this even mentioned? China watchers' opinions are the last thing we need during these tough times. One of these days, the CCP would the world from outerspace invaders, and HRW experts would still call out China for violating the alien rights to destroy earth.

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