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> That would be devastating to China, why would they do that? To let people get on with life. The people of the world overwhelmingly voted to get back to life
by xvector 4y ago
> That would be devastating to China, why would they do that?
To let people get on with life.
The people of the world overwhelmingly voted to get back to life even though COVID hasn't gone away.
China's people want to do the same, but Xi doesn't care, that's the only reason this policy still exists.
It comes down to not giving a shit about what your citizens want.
- JimDabell 4y ago> To let people get on with life. But people in China are getting on with life. Lockdowns are the exception, not the rule. You’re also ignoring the millions of people that would die or become disabled. That’s not “getting on with life”, that’s the opposite. > The people of the world overwhelmingly voted to get back to life even though COVID hasn't gone away. No they didn’t. Those were decisions governments made, there was no vote. They were also decisions made after Covid became endemic in those countries. The consequences for China to let it rip when hardly anybody in China has had Covid are entirely different to the consequences for other countries to let it rip when it’s already endemic. China isn’t in that position so why would they make decisions as if they were when the consequences are so different? > China's people want to do the same How have you determined that?