Thus, once again, it seemed like the smart money would be on the system failing. Either the system is powerful enough to contain Covid or it is not. Exponential growth means that if containment is lost, China will have to deal with the same types of Covid problems as everyone else. That will be painful for a bit, face will be lost, and then life will return to normal. In the long run, it is inevitable.
Given the CCPs backtracking from its zero covid policy (at least for the moment), this looks like it was a pretty good prediction.
Given the CCPs backtracking from its zero covid policy (at least for the moment), this looks like it was a pretty good prediction.