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"Why China is still trying to achieve zero Covid": https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-59257496 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-59257496 "Why

"Why China is still trying to achieve zero Covid": https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-59257496 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-59257496 "Why has Australia switched tack on Covid zero?": https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-58406526 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-58406526 "‘Zero Covid’ strategies are being abandoned as the highly infectious delta variant dominates": https://www.cnbc.com/2021/10/05/zero-covid-strategies-abandoned-in-the-face-of-the-delta-variant.html https://www.cnbc.com/2021/10/05/zero-covid-strategies-abando... ("New Zealand has become the latest country to abandon a zero Covid strategy"... "This zero Covid strategy, also employed by the likes of China and Taiwan...")

b112 5y ago
Well in Canada, zero covid was never a goal. The only goal was to keep spread low enough, so that hospitals could cope, and buy some time until vaccines came out. How could any sane person think zero covid was possible?? Let's say you manage to vaccinate 100% of Canada. Great. Now you .. what? Close the borders forever? And closing means no truckers, pilots entering?? And on top of that, there is always a resoviour in the wild... The news literally makes stuff up these days. What sane government would think covid would vanish? Quebec's current plan is to let it flow through the population now. If you aren't vaccinated, that's on you. If you are, well, we're done with lockdowns. We've done all we can. And so kids now wear no masks on school. https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/end-of-mask-mandate-in-quebec-high-school-classes-leaves-many-a-bit-puzzled https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/end-of-mask-mand... Of course, no one is really puzzled, the news needs a story.
- reginold 5y ago
  Not sure what you're getting at. You said zero covid was never a goal anywhere. And the above poster showed you were wrong.
  - b112 5y ago
    Every time I listened to live conferences with the prime minster, or a premier, there was never, ever any talk of zero covid. The local media however, seemed to think it was a goal. Thus, I am often hesitant to accept the media blathering on about such nonsense, and generally suspect hyped and click baitish behaviour. I suppose a few crazy places thought this was possible, although I cannot imagine why, so I suppose I am wrong with my all encompassing statement.

b112 5y ago

Well in Canada, zero covid was never a goal. The only goal was to keep spread low enough, so that hospitals could cope, and buy some time until vaccines came out. How could any sane person think zero covid was possible?? Let's say you manage to vaccinate 100% of Canada. Great. Now you .. what? Close the borders forever? And closing means no truckers, pilots entering?? And on top of that, there is always a resoviour in the wild... The news literally makes stuff up these days. What sane government would think covid would vanish? Quebec's current plan is to let it flow through the population now. If you aren't vaccinated, that's on you. If you are, well, we're done with lockdowns. We've done all we can. And so kids now wear no masks on school. https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/end-of-mask-mandate-in-quebec-high-school-classes-leaves-many-a-bit-puzzled https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/end-of-mask-mand... Of course, no one is really puzzled, the news needs a story.

reginold 5y ago
Not sure what you're getting at. You said zero covid was never a goal anywhere. And the above poster showed you were wrong.
- b112 5y ago
  Every time I listened to live conferences with the prime minster, or a premier, there was never, ever any talk of zero covid. The local media however, seemed to think it was a goal. Thus, I am often hesitant to accept the media blathering on about such nonsense, and generally suspect hyped and click baitish behaviour. I suppose a few crazy places thought this was possible, although I cannot imagine why, so I suppose I am wrong with my all encompassing statement.