The Chinese Government Is Stressing the Need to Get Vaccinated

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The Chinese government is now belatedly stressing the need for people to get vaccinated. There is a great deal of vaccine hesitancy among older people. Only about 40% of people over 80 have received three shots of the Chinese vaccines, and that is considered really a minimum to achieve their full effectiveness.

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