I can’t understand it. Look at what Covid is doing right now. It’s fucking awful. Why couldn’t they just stay with Zero-COVID till everyone got vaccinated? Why haven’t they vaccinated everyone by now? It’s so frustrating. Who the fuck cares if someone assholes protested with blank paper? Just…why?
Eh, China gives me a lot of hope, not so much because of how it is now, but because of where it seems likely to continue going in the future.
As to opening up. I think the idea seems worse to USians because we had no lockdowns, no contact tracing, no nothing for the most part. A big chunk of the country was wide open after a couple of months. My understanding, is that in China they are loosening protocols as opposed to completely eliminating them. The recent outbreak they had nationwide was less then basically every outbreak in the major US city i used to live in.
I think the impossibility if maintaining Zero Covid is mostly due the horrific response of the rest of the world. Zero Covid would work if there was a possibility if covid ending, but the US has insured it will. So i don't view this as a rude awakening.
No, they eliminated them. No more travel restrictions, no more health codes. Basically covid is running rampant and everyone is getting sick now. I heard 50% of Wuhan has it at this very moment.