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I mean, I think people believe that there would not be that many deaths because China has a heavily vaccinated population and a less strict lockdown could still
by uxp100 5y ago
I mean, I think people believe that there would not be that many deaths because China has a heavily vaccinated population and a less strict lockdown could still be stricter than anything the US did, perhaps something closer to Australia.
On the first point, I think that the Chinese vaccine is much worse than the mRNA vaccines against Omicron, but I'm not sure what that would mean for death rates.
On the second point, well, I guess the Chinese government tried that to some degree, but didn't feel it was going well.
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- rnk 5y agoA less effective vaccine pretty directly leads to higher death rates. I read in other news articles they didn't aggressively vaccinate older people like we did. Apparently a similar thing has happened in Hong Kong.
- uxp100 5y agoWell, less effective on some measure is not the same as less effective as preventing death, and I'm not sure how much less effective it is, actually.
- jpgvm 5y agoData out of Turkey, Brazil etc where Chinese vaccines were widely deployed with less lockdowns/restrictions do suggest lower efficacy at both reducing hospitalization and death. That said they are still fairly effective, just apparently not effective enough that China is willing to activate the floodgates. Also they have low vaccine penetration among the elderly which are hesitant to take vaccines in general