China doctors have made a stark warning to Pres. Xi against easing of strict measures to contain Covid-19

[beijingwalker]

China doctors have made a stark warning to Pres. Xi against easing of strict measures to contain Covid-19​

NEWS | 11/18/2022 1:15:54 AM GMT | By Ross J Burland

China’s doctors have warned that the nation is not to relax lockdown measures, in an article by the Financial Times: China’s doctors warn ‘we’re not ready’ as threat of covid ‘exit wave’ stymies reopening ambitions.

The article starts:

China’s doctors have a blunt message for Xi Jinping: the country’s healthcare system is not prepared to deal with a huge nationwide coronavirus outbreak that will inevitably follow any easing of strict measures to contain Covid-19. The warning for China’s leader was delivered by a dozen health professionals — including frontline doctors and nurses and local government health officials — interviewed by the Financial Times this month, and echoed by international experts. “The medical system will probably be paralysed when faced with mass cases,” said one doctor in a public hospital in Wuhan, central China, where the pandemic started nearly three years ago.

Meanwhile, China’s official case counts are at their highest in six months, including a record number of infections in the capital Beijing and the southern manufacturing hub of Guangzhou where crowds of residents recently scaped a compulsory lockdown and clashed with police, as anger at strict coronavirus curbs boiled over. Guangzhou has reported more than 33,000 cases since October. Daily cases hit a record 8,761 on Wednesday, more than double the rate at the peak of a crippling two-month lockdown in Shanghai this year.


Today, China's Zhengzhou, another area that has seen cases spike this month, reported107 new local symptomatic coronavirus cases and 1,556 asymptomatic cases for November 17.

Markets could respond in a risk-off fashion to this as the story gains traction at the end of the week, serving as a reality check for the optimists hoping that Xi will end his hallmark zero-Covid policy.

''Experts said the policy meant China had failed to prioritize building robust defenses for a mass outbreak, instead focusing its resources on containment. At the heart of the problem that Beijing has created for itself is what many see as an inevitable “exit wave”, a rapid surge in infections as the country unwinds its heavy-handed pandemic restrictions,'' the article wrote.

“The big threat in an exit wave is just the sheer number of cases in a short space of time,” said Ben Cowling, a professor of epidemiology at the University of Hong Kong. “I would be reluctant to say there is a scenario in which an exit wave doesn’t cause problems for the healthcare system. That is difficult to imagine.”

China doctors have made a stark warning to Pres. Xi

China’s doctors have warned that the nation is not to relax lockdown measures, in an article by the Financial Times: China’s doctors warn ‘we’re not r

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[beijingwalker]

I always suspected that it's not Xi rejecting reopening, it's the health professionals don't allow him.

 

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Better Vaccines should be available if we are still not ready to ease up.

 

[Song Hong]

GoC just want to show US she can shut the virus out if necessary -- to show case that in a event of bio warfare, US people will die first.

Now it is time to slow motion herd immunity.

 

[beijingwalker]

I m all for targetted quarantine but not citywide lockdowns, as long as we keep the infection rate under manageable size, it won't affect average people's life too much. zero case policy is overkill and it's also a mission impossible.

 

[DabbuSardar]

How about let the Chinese get western vaccines instead of killing people with hunger and having them run away from government enforcers like rats.

China is now the laughing stock of the world only country with lockdowns and a failed vaccine program.

 

[beijingwalker]

How about let the Chinese get western vaccines instead of killing people with hunger and having them run away from government enforcers like rats.

China is now the laughing stock of the world only country with lockdowns and a failed vaccine program.

Like this?

 

[Zsari]

How about let the Chinese get western vaccines instead of killing people with hunger and having them run away from government enforcers like rats.

China is now the laughing stock of the world only country with lockdowns and a failed vaccine program.

None of the vaccines actually works. It’s down to herd immunity in the west as the vulnerable population has already died off.

I suggest opening city by city and region by region so as not to be overwhelmed. As long as the medical resources don’t get overstretched, death number are manageable.

 

[DabbuSardar]

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So China is right now where India was 2 years ago you saying, maybe ask them for help and use their vaccines?

None of the vaccines actually works. It’s down to herd immunity in the west as the vulnerable population has already died off.

I suggest opening city by city and region by region so as not to be overwhelmed. As long as the medical resources don’t get overstretched, death number are manageable.

So why is it not happening? What is the state secret we dont know preventing this succrsful approach ard the world?

 

[beijingwalker]

So China is right now where India was 2 years ago you saying, maybe ask them for help and use their vaccines?

Lol, how many people die from covid in China now and how many die from covid in India and US now?

 

[Song Hong]

The new Omicron variant is extremely contagious but appears to be less lethal. This is how most virus evolved. With high vaccination rate and less lethal variant, China would like have lower fatalities.

 

[beijingwalker]

United States
Nov 3–16

Total cases	562,813
Deaths	4,279

 

[DabbuSardar]

Lol, how many people die from covid in China now and how many die from covid in India and US now?

China is hiding its numbers, USA is updating publicly daily, wonder why?

 

[beijingwalker]

China is hiding its numbers, USA is updating publicly daily, wonder why?

Lol, I always know you will come to this last resort of denial and makes the whole discussion meaningless.

Let me ask you one thing, why so many anti China, anti Xi protests and other contents can be "leaked" and shared around the world but not even one covid death video or content have been "leaked"?

 

[etylo]

Better Vaccines should be available if we are still not ready to ease up.

Countries such as Pakistan and many others mainly use Chinese vaccines, yet they are managing the pandemic well with Chinese vaccines, so I dont think vaccines are the real problem.