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The problem is the lack of an endgame. For better or worse, Covid is endemic in Europe and the continental US[0]. All it takes is one false-negative test at the
by thereisnospork 5y ago
The problem is the lack of an endgame. For better or worse, Covid is endemic in Europe and the continental US[0]. All it takes is one false-negative test at the border[1] and a tourist or business traveler could easily create tens of millions of potential infectees (airport -> subway -> secondary city) to requisite additional lockdowns of tens of millions of people.
[0]And quite probably large parts of Asia, including countries bordering China if not China itself.
[1]Or rogue/lucky virus. I don't recall if it was substantiated, but I believe New Zealand at one point credibly hypothesized an outbreak had resulted from a virus preserved in a frozen food shipment.
- whimsicalism 5y ago[flagged]
- moralestapia 5y ago>China's elderly are even worse anti-vaxxers than we are And that's within the scope of their rights, as stated in documents like UN's Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
- throw_nbvc1234 5y agoCombined with their refusal to use western vaccines. If your only goal is to protect your citizens then there doesn't seem to be a good rational to make that decision; this situation is at least somewhat political. I'm curious if this will keep occurring during the N months it takes for them to develop and test efficacious mRNA vaccines and deliver them to a significant portion of the population.
- whimsicalism 5y agoI don't know enough about this really to comment - I am unsure if they were restricted from using the mRNA vaccine in any way. If they could have acquired supply and didn't, that seems extremely foolish.