The disastrous implications of lifting Zero-COVID in China
www.wsws.org
The objective laws of viral transmission mean that any shift away from a Zero-COVID elimination strategy carries with it the potential for the situation to quickly spiral out of control.

(note: while WSWS (trot site) uses CCP instead of CPC, they generally have good takes on China and support China against US imperialism)

(note: to clarify, this article is in support of Zero-COVID and sees the lifting of the policy as a grave mistake)

(note: i do not necessarily support all the shit wsws says i am not a fucking trot)

  • wopazoo [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    But there’s zero chance of COVID being eradicated in the foreseeable future because there’s nothing that will compel the West to behave rationally and pursue an eradication policy.

    I do not contest this notion. The pro-COVID West really is trying to damn all of humanity.

    • Tankiedesantski [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      The problem is that it's not even a problem with Western governments, it's a problem at the grassroots level with Westerners just refusing to do simple things like wear masks. I hope that the first cracker tourist to walk around China without a mask after COVID gets the shit kicked out of him.

      • macabrett
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        2 years ago

        The thing is... a lot of people followed directions when western governments mandated things. They only stopped when the government stopped (Biden saying masks off if vaccinated July 4th 2021). Like yeah, western people are all individualism brain rotted, but the government is absolutely a huge part of the problem.

        • Tankiedesantski [he/him]
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          2 years ago

          Yes, both are problems. That said, I live somewhere where white people are maybe 1% of the population and the government is still very much mandating (but not enforcing) masks. Most of the unmasked people I see walking around are white Westerners, and of those unmasked white Westerners, the vast majority were men.