Trumpeted that success to the world. now more than two years later, the omicron variant is running rings around beijing s zero covid. the very rigidities of the political system built by the chinese communist party are hampering the country s ability to anything other than a lockdown whac-a-mole. as the lockdown in shanghai has shown. the editor of that op-ed joins us now. also with the former director of the committee to protect journalists now a fellow at the center at columbia generalism school. joel simon. joel and robert are co-authors of the new book infodemic, how censorship made lis sicker.