China has more than a hundred million people over the age of 60 who have not been properly vaccinated. If they just let coved rip in this country, particularly given the bad health of a lot of older people and the very weak hospital system outside the biggest cities, you could see huge numbers of deaths. So that's a real health risk. They've painted themselves into a political corner as well as as a health one. The commonist party has spent the best part of two years boasting that their success in keeping covett at bay proves that they are better than western democracies like america.
China’s Communist Party leaders have painted themselves into a corner: they cannot be seen to put the capital into lockdown, but permitting covid to spread could be catastrophic. We look into the myriad reasons behind America’s sharp shortages of baby formula, and how to solve them. And why it is illegal for women to get a manicure in Turkmenistan.
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