China is obsessed with disinfecting against covid-19, but that could cause more damage

(CNN) — Workers dressed in protective suits spraying clouds of disinfectant onto city streets, building facades, park benches and even packages have become a common sight in pandemic-era China. In Shanghai, the epicenter of the country's largest outbreak, state media reports that thousands of workers have organized into teams to disinfect areas, targeting those known to have hosted Covid-19 patients, a move that the government considers key to curb the spread of the omicron variant. But practice usually goes much further. Apparently, any outdoor area is at risk of being targeted by workers with their sanitizing machines, as China's stringent…