By China Media Project one of the most impactful and symbolic stories in September 2022 was the deadly overturning of a transport bus in Guizhou province carrying positive Covid cases to quarantine facilities outside the capital city in the dead of night. The crash, which killed 27 people, was understood by many Chinese commenting online as one of the bloodiest and most tragic outcomes of the “at all costs” (不惜一切代价) approach to be resolutely followed nationwide under the leadership’s zero Covid policy.