Worse than 2020? China’s COVID decisions may ensure another wave

The Hill ^ | 12/29/2022 | JIANLI YANG AND BRADLEY A. THAYER, OPINION CONTRIBUTORS

[ChicagoConservative27]

China’s dramatic change in its COVID policies could have deleterious consequences for the world’s population: We may face the prospect of a new wave of the virus that will have an enormous impact on public health, three years after the start of the pandemic. The Chinese government seems to have “the Midas touch” in reverse when it comes to COVID-19 — everything it touches turns into a disaster.

To this day, China has not revealed the origin of the pandemic, after denying epidemiologists critical information that might have weakened the outbreak in late 2019 and early 2020. China still censors information regarding COVID’s origin in Wuhan and has not acknowledged misinforming the World Health Organization (WHO) about the respiratory transmission of the virus — falsehoods that were spread by the WHO.

[ChicagoConservative27]

Lockdown, wear 4 masks, and hide in the shower. (S)

[PGR88]

All China did was what Fauci, Birx and every other DC health-nazi wanted.

[Worldtraveler once upon a time]

The daily "news" filled with modal verbs -- may, might, could -- seems like the same stratagem as already used before.

Given 1) the mortality rate for Covid over three full years is a small 0.085 percent worldwide, and 2) the Chinese (and others) benefited wildly from previous lockdowns by selling massive amounts of PPE, the "might" headlines seem in service to these three years of fear mongering.

China figured prominently in those who profited from the last go around.

Consider again: https://www.forbes.com/sites/giacomotognini/2021/04/06/meet-the-40-new-billionaires-who-got-rich-fighting-covid-19/?sh=138bf62317e5

[OHPatriot]

Has China closed their airports ( locked them down ) to the world? If not, then China is INTENTIONALLY spreading Covid.

Chinese New Year spread COVID the first time. Funny how this “outbreak” is close to New Year” again.

[TBall]

Ivermectin

[Yo-Yo]

Since China had such a strict "Zero COVID" policy, I wonder if the strain burning through the population there now is the original more deadly strain, or is the much milder but highly contagious strain hitting the rest of the world.

Or, my favorite conspiracy theory, China is only now admitting to the number of cases that they've had all along.

[mosaicwolf]

"If not, then China is INTENTIONALLY spreading Covid."

Intentionally conducting biological warfare on the world.

[Road Warrior ‘04]

Working on taking control of us again! Phuck ‘em!

[bk1000]

Nope. They can do what they want. No masking/lockdown here. Not again. There will be resistance.

[Jeff Chandler]

China had such a strict "Zero COVID" polic

China is the anti-Sweden.

[WASCWatch]

China wants their population to die; especially the elderly. If that were not the case, they’d be treating the people with the hydroxychloriquine or Ivermectin cocktails.