The disastrous implications of lifting Zero-COVID in China
www.wsws.org
The objective laws of viral transmission mean that any shift away from a Zero-COVID elimination strategy carries with it the potential for the situation to quickly spiral out of control.

(note: while WSWS (trot site) uses CCP instead of CPC, they generally have good takes on China and support China against US imperialism)

(note: to clarify, this article is in support of Zero-COVID and sees the lifting of the policy as a grave mistake)

(note: i do not necessarily support all the shit wsws says i am not a fucking trot)

  • YEP [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    The hypothesis of that flu season is worse bc of lack of what you describing doesn't really hold up. Most of the western world wasn't wasn't under stringent covid procedures last flu season. I think a more likely hypothesis is that on a population level immune systems were weakened by mass COVID infection we have seen with omicron/whatever the new hotness is.