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[deleted] t1_j1ybmxo wrote

Reply to comment by ichasecorals in Japan to require COVID-19 tests for all visitors from China by EternalPinkMist

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TheDukeOfMars t1_j1ykn09 wrote

Because the longer the pandemic went on, the more time we had time to study it, prepare, and adapt our healthcare systems. The more we studied it, the more we knew how to track + respond to future Covid outbreaks.

Also, more people are vaccinated and that lowers the threat of a nationwide outbreak. Which means there is less chance of failure to the overall healthcare system.

We can treat people and get relatively good outcomes if 1 in 10 people get sick. The whole hospital system collapses if 6 in 10 people get sick. China is now stuck with the latter.

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0011101000101010 t1_j227x4q wrote

Lol so you studied it for years now and your solution is exactly the same as 2 years ago. Hot take bro

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HalfLife3IsHere t1_j22v6lz wrote

Now you have all the equipment, logistics, and the experience (and data confirming what really works and what not so much). When it took over the masks and tests logistics were still messed up, every country going on their own rather than coordinating with others, there wasn’t vaccines, and so on.

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DoxedFox t1_j1z5g9u wrote

I mean if you'd just think for a second the answer is quite obvious.

They've had more than enough time to prevent this. Instead they kept their zero COVID policy while the rest of the world moved on.

Now their next wave is hitting and it's hitting hard.

It would have been understandable had this been happening a year ago. Now it's unacceptable.

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dark_dark_dark_not t1_j1zdm98 wrote

So your opinion is that they should have kept the COVID 0 policy to avoid this? Because there was literally no other way for China to change policy and not have a multiple waves in one scenario.

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Roguespiffy t1_j1zgarp wrote

They could have stopped pretending their vaccine was just as effective and just bought Pfizer and Moderna like everyone else.

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[deleted] t1_j20exdh wrote

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Advanced_Basic t1_j20k1bs wrote

Not the person you replied to, but big COVID waves make mutations much more likely, mutations that the current vaccines might not be effective against.

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Nani_the_F__k t1_j21c2oy wrote

Thank you. I'm so fucking sick of people not knowing how viruses work in 2022. Like it's literally been everywhere all the time. How can people possibly be about to go into 2023 and still not know about how virus mutation and vaccines work?!

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Ayylmaothoughyaknow t1_j21i1vz wrote

I seriously think a sizable amount of people alive are not capable or will not be

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frddtwabrm04 t1_j20lw8w wrote

Well, they don't wanna use western vaccines or any outside assistance. Might as well sleep on the bed they shat on!

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