7. Try to "flatten the curve" (keep the infection rate under where it overwhelms hospitals). Omicron was spreading like wildfire even in places that had reason

7. Try to "flatten the curve" (keep the infection rate under where it overwhelms hospitals). Omicron was spreading like wildfire even in places that had reasonably strict measures in place and mRNA vaccines + many prior infections providing some level of protection. There's a good chance that China can't keep it from growing exponentially and very quickly with anything short of a lockdown, and expects hospitals to collapse because many elderly who had zero prior exposure will get it almost at the same time.