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The cat is out the bag. Most of the people in the world will be exposed to this virus and survive. China knows this. China also knows it's not possible to re

The cat is out the bag. Most of the people in the world will be exposed to this virus and survive. China knows this. China also knows it's not possible to remain isolated from the virus and its effects. Even if that was possible, China's citizens would have to remain in virtual isolation until a vaccine was developed. Who knows when that will be or the knock on effects.

segmondy 6y ago
China went to extreme measure to lockdown and contain this. To believe the rubbish that they stopped testing is thrash. They contained it, aggressive testing, contact tracing and quarantine is what I have read from other sources they are using to keep it at bay with all new infections being from international travelers.
- righteous 6y ago
  Yes, what they managed was nothing short of amazing. But sadly its now utterly irreverent. Everyone outside of China has been or will be exposed to this virus in short order. The end result? We'll develop a heard immunity to the virus and get on with our lives. But China can't be the only country without that immunity. They're mercantile. So they need to get immunity too. How? Either through vaccine. Or through exposure. Since nobody knows when a vaccine will be viable, I think china will choose exposure. After all, they can't self isolate their entire country for an unknown length of time while the vaccine is developed. And in a ghoulish sense the covid virus actually helps with the population control programs China started decades ago. Better then those programs, the virus disproportionately culls the least productive members of society. Now politically, China will paint this all in the best possible light. China will report that they beat the virus and cease all testing. They will point to the mass numbers of deaths reported in western freedom-of-the-press countries as proof their system is superior. Further, in several years time countries will back test their populations for covid antibodies. Don't expect China to factually report their numbers when this happens.

segmondy 6y ago

China went to extreme measure to lockdown and contain this. To believe the rubbish that they stopped testing is thrash. They contained it, aggressive testing, contact tracing and quarantine is what I have read from other sources they are using to keep it at bay with all new infections being from international travelers.

righteous 6y ago
Yes, what they managed was nothing short of amazing. But sadly its now utterly irreverent. Everyone outside of China has been or will be exposed to this virus in short order. The end result? We'll develop a heard immunity to the virus and get on with our lives. But China can't be the only country without that immunity. They're mercantile. So they need to get immunity too. How? Either through vaccine. Or through exposure. Since nobody knows when a vaccine will be viable, I think china will choose exposure. After all, they can't self isolate their entire country for an unknown length of time while the vaccine is developed. And in a ghoulish sense the covid virus actually helps with the population control programs China started decades ago. Better then those programs, the virus disproportionately culls the least productive members of society. Now politically, China will paint this all in the best possible light. China will report that they beat the virus and cease all testing. They will point to the mass numbers of deaths reported in western freedom-of-the-press countries as proof their system is superior. Further, in several years time countries will back test their populations for covid antibodies. Don't expect China to factually report their numbers when this happens.