I wonder if we’re starting to see some cracks in the image of China as a good illustration of state competency. Related to the above “They protect the most vulnerable”
FENG: In that, more infectious variants are challenging this lockdown model, but the greatest cost is being borne by the most vulnerable in China. For them, the cost is not just financial—it’s emotional and physical. One public health expert estimates about 2,000 excess diabetes deaths alone in Shanghai. In Wuhan, China’s CDC estimated excess deaths from chronic disease were up more than 20% during its lockdown. China’s zero tolerance COVID policy likely saved lives, even at great economic cost at first. But now, it could start to cost more than it saves.
This view, putting the vulnerable at more risk, is also report in several stories published in SCMP as well as its one on the unusual death statistics being report.
I wonder if we’re starting to see some cracks in the image of China as a good illustration of state competency. Related to the above “They protect the most vulnerable”
(https://www.npr.org/2022/04/19/1093620434/45-cities-in-china-are-in-some-sort-of-covid-lockdown-heres-the-toll-thats-takin)
This view, putting the vulnerable at more risk, is also report in several stories published in SCMP as well as its one on the unusual death statistics being report.