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Originally Posted by GGG
The problem is that at some point the majority of the population will get it. A 1.5 million person death rate roughly .1% is not terrible.
The strategy at this point as to be vacinate, boost and then slowly manage case numbers to try to maintain hospital capacity
By comparison 1.5 million dead is a success. The US is over 1 million dead. India is estimated at over 4 million.
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Another substantial difference with how China views infections may also be that we're now at a point where research is indicating that covid infections present medium and long-term risks of serious health problems emerging, even for people who only suffer mild symptoms. Repeat infections also increase the risk of severe health issues. This is a potentially huge health crisis that will be faced globally in coming years/decaded with potentially large costs in addition to the immediate deaths and illnesses. In the West, the cats already out of the bag on that and whatever has been sown will end up having to be reaped at potentially great expense down the road. China's not in that situation yet, and they now will be looking at the data about the medium and long-term risks that really wasn't so available earlier on.