I created a thread about the subject of birth rates in the developed world a couple of months ago and encountered the same mental blockage. People can't quite seem to grasp that not everyone is the same age and that differences in age demographics are of great importance economically.
You mean totalitarian rule?
Chinese COVID lockdowns should not be compared to any of the temporary measures seen in America and most elsewhere. This isn't like your favorite restaurant is closed or you have to wear a mask at the grocery store. The Chinese people have been under de facto martial law for nearly 3 years now. Often under house arrest for months at a time. Anyone whose phone doesn't show the green health code is basically screwed.
I don't think that their vaccine was that effective in the first place, lots of numbers were thrown around but the overriding impression was that it wasn't anywhere near the Western ones.
Lock downs work for slowing the initial outbreaks, but it is completely unrealistic to do them forever. Especially as the virus has gotten more contagious.
Not saying he is right. But COVID mostly kills the unproductive parts of the population.
| Age Group | COVID-19 Deaths | Percentage |
| All Ages | 1,072,281 | 100% |
| Under 1 year | 385 | 0% |
| 0-17 years | 1,368 | 0% |
| 1-4 years | 208 | 0% |
| 5-14 years | 427 | 0% |
| 15-24 years | 2,853 | 0% |
| 18-29 years | 6,682 | 1% |
| 25-34 years | 11,859 | 1% |
| 30-39 years | 19,122 | 2% |
| 35-44 years | 29,056 | 3% |
| 40-49 years | 44,833 | 4% |
| 45-54 years | 69,299 | 6% |
| 50-64 years | 195,882 | 18% |
| 55-64 years | 153,800 | 14% |
| 65-74 years | 243,333 | 23% |
| 75-84 years | 278,052 | 26% |
| 85 years and over | 283,009 | 26% |
I’ve read something very different, which surprised me given China’s generally repressive nature. In fact if I’m not mistaken China hasn’t had vaccination mandates of any kind until this year. (Lock you in your house for months? No problem. Require you to get a two second shot? No way!)
No, their primary vaccination rate is quite high (if one can believe their numbers):
ycharts.com
It makes sense to not push ineffective boosters on people and maybe they've decided they can't admit the Chinese vaccines are not very effective so as to save face. I still don't get what their plan is other than a Trumplike 'it will just go away like magic' thing.No, their primary vaccination rate is quite high (if one can believe their numbers):
China Coronavirus Full Vaccination Rate Daily Insights: Coronavirus (COVID-19) Vaccinations | YCharts
In depth view into China Coronavirus Full Vaccination Rate including historical data from 2021 to 2023, charts and stats.
The most recent news is they are ramping up boosters for seniors. I suspect you are partially right as well. They must know their two inactivated virus vaccines are shitty, so they aren't pushing boosters very hard at gen pop. I suspect President Xi and other elites are boosted with Western vaccines. I believe they're working on mRNA tech as well, but no idea what mutant humans they will be creating.
I think 'fully vaccinated' should probably never have been a term to begin with as it was based solely on the vaccination series submitted to the FDA. J&J submitted a one shot regimen so one shot of that and you're fully vaccinated. Pfizer/Moderna submitted a two shot series so it takes two to be fully vaccinated. Are those two 'fully vaccinateds' equal? Not at all!
Whatever the costs of buying vaccines I am confident they pale in comparison to the costs of these lockdowns.
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