carolknows
5th Oct 2021, 09:35
Of all the Chinese relay of messages, this top expert is actually more credible. Well respected in China and recognised world wide. Perhaps a positive hint coming.
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3151094/reopen-chinas-borders-when-vaccination-home-high-and-cases
China should only remove all its border restrictions once there were few infections in other countries and the vast majority of the Chinese population was vaccinated against the Coronavirus, the country’s leading respiratory diseases expert said on Sunday.
In an interview with the Southern People Weekly magazine, Dr Zhong Nanshan (https://series.scmp.com/sars-hero-zhong-nanshan/) said 80 to 85 per cent of China’s 1.4 billion people would have to be vaccinated, a milestone that could be reached by the end of the year. However, maintaining the strictest epistemic control, would be unsustainable, putting great stress on China, he said.
Another article,
https://fortune.com/2021/10/04/china-covid-measures-reopening-borders-vaccine-rate/
“China cannot carry on like this because COVID-19 is a global disease that requires China and the rest of the world to work together and beat it,” he said.
The economic costs of China’s COVID-19 policies continue to mount with each new outbreak.
In August, analysts at Goldman Sachs (https://fortune.com/company/goldman-sachs-group), Nomura, and other banks downgraded China’s GDP forecasts because of Delta-driven waves in places such as Guangzhou and elsewhere. That month, China’s retail sales also grew by 2.5% compared with July, marking the slowest growth rate in over a year due in part (https://fortune.com/2021/09/15/china-covid-zero-cases-economy-retail-sales/) to COVID-19 outbreaks and government-imposed lockdowns.
Google his name, Zhong Nanshan and you will find similar articles even from Chinese state media of him saying covid zero non sustainable and China will eventually change strategy.
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3151094/reopen-chinas-borders-when-vaccination-home-high-and-cases
China should only remove all its border restrictions once there were few infections in other countries and the vast majority of the Chinese population was vaccinated against the Coronavirus, the country’s leading respiratory diseases expert said on Sunday.
In an interview with the Southern People Weekly magazine, Dr Zhong Nanshan (https://series.scmp.com/sars-hero-zhong-nanshan/) said 80 to 85 per cent of China’s 1.4 billion people would have to be vaccinated, a milestone that could be reached by the end of the year. However, maintaining the strictest epistemic control, would be unsustainable, putting great stress on China, he said.
Another article,
https://fortune.com/2021/10/04/china-covid-measures-reopening-borders-vaccine-rate/
“China cannot carry on like this because COVID-19 is a global disease that requires China and the rest of the world to work together and beat it,” he said.
The economic costs of China’s COVID-19 policies continue to mount with each new outbreak.
In August, analysts at Goldman Sachs (https://fortune.com/company/goldman-sachs-group), Nomura, and other banks downgraded China’s GDP forecasts because of Delta-driven waves in places such as Guangzhou and elsewhere. That month, China’s retail sales also grew by 2.5% compared with July, marking the slowest growth rate in over a year due in part (https://fortune.com/2021/09/15/china-covid-zero-cases-economy-retail-sales/) to COVID-19 outbreaks and government-imposed lockdowns.
Google his name, Zhong Nanshan and you will find similar articles even from Chinese state media of him saying covid zero non sustainable and China will eventually change strategy.