From the Abraham Lincoln Radio Studio at the George Washington Broadcast Center.

The Armstrong and Gettyshow.

An eerie quiet on the streets of Shanghai, China's largest city paralyzed with 25 million

residents under lockdown. Two weeks in, officials are struggling to deliver groceries to residents

who are stuck in their homes and some running out of food.

I still have some, some cereals left, not much, but some fruits I only have this lemon.

At night, frustrated residents calling out to their neighbors.

That sound that you guys played a lot on Monday of what it's like at night in Shanghai is something.

Chills you, doesn't it? Yeah. That guy's down to a lemon.

I don't want to eat a lemon. I'm so hungry, but I'm not eating a lemon.

What's for dinner? Your half of the lemon.

That's not much of a meal.

Can we go out and get groceries? Well, the men in the white suits will beat us down.

In fact, if we even break the seal on our door, we'll be guilty of an offense against the emperor or whatever the hell.

By the way, Communist Party. Where's Fluffy?

Oh, my. I got bad news about Fluffy.

Yeah, yikes, dis-terbing.

So things are crazy ugly in China. That'll be interesting to track.

And whether it weakens the whole of the Communist Party, that'll take some doing.

But in the United States, COVID policy, you may have noticed, has varied a great deal state to state.

And indeed, county by county has.

Town and town.

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