I know people are saying Shanghai is a shitshow because of the local government. But do you think it might have been a bad idea in general to deploy such a harsh policy in the country? (asking in good faith as someone who would not mentally survive such long lockdowns)
After the world does what China did, there will be no transmissible respiratory disease whatsoever. The PRC has illuminated the path to a world without influenza, rsv’s, rhinovirii, etc. And it will happen.
That’s simply not true. Pathogenic bacteria like streptococcus and pneumoniococcus can quite happily survive in the wild, on a host (with or without symptoms) or a vector for forever. Same is true for many viruses.
What China is doing is very sensible for Covid. Don’t turn it into something it’s not.
I hate natural reservoirs! I hate natural reservoirs!
Not with capitalism still running rampant like an even worse disease