Almost a week ago, the top infectious disease expert in the U.S. Dr. Anthony Fauci said this.

We are certainly right now in this country out of the pandemic phase.

Namely, we don't have 900,000 new infections a day and tens and tens and tens of thousands

of hospitalizations and thousands of deaths.

We are at a low level.

She later spoke to NPR and clarified he was not saying the COVID-19 pandemic is over.

It's not.

According to the World Health Organization, and because the virus is still spreading,

including highly transmissible Omicron sub variants, other governments across the globe are taking

a much stricter approach, including China.

The past six weeks have seen mass testing campaigns and various levels of lockdowns,

and when you ask some living in China's biggest city, how they're feeling?

You're only for freedom.

I really want you to go out for a lot of people.

They are feeling the same, like people.

That's Ming who asked that we use just her first name for her safety.

She is among tens of millions of Shanghai residents who have spent much of the last month in lockdown.

Some have not been allowed to leave their homes since early April.

She works as a nanny, and she told NPR she's torn over whether the lockdowns are the best idea.

On one side, people say we should go to Europe or America,

but on the other side, people are saying you cannot take this risk because we have a lot of old people or kids.

I'm kind of on the both sides.

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