I think the stance of a lot of the people in this thread isn't no reopening so much as a gradual easing of restrictions as opposed to just letting it rip. Keeping case numbers at a manageable level for both hospitals and businesses is arguably the most important point as an overflow of cases will slow down the economy regardless. Nevertheless, the path forward is still difficult whichever direction China's government chooses. Vaccine hesitancy among the elderly has to be overcome, and there aren't any easy ways to go about that. Medical facilities and infrastructure also need to be expanded as much as possible alongside the sufficient numbers of healthcare professionals to man them, and that takes time. China's domestic mRNA vaccine capacity still needs ramping up as well. Until these issues are overcome a full reopening will likely do more harm than good.
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Sure，you can ban anything you want to，the question is：for how long？As long as the virus still exists？If that is the case，then I bet the virus will outlast anyone in China
Do you know how many people employed by restaurant sector in China？Ten's of millions. I don't hear the government providing new jobs for these people，do you？It seems to me that the government originally assumed lockdowns will be quick and one off，and these people can go back to work once everything is over. You can criticize Western gov's response to covid all you want，but they at least provided financial assistance to citizens during lockdown period，the Chinese gov to my knowledge did not. How long do you think these people can survive without job or gov relief？
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Different approach. The US can't control the economy. Recession, inflation, so they print money and hand out checks. China instead keeps the economy growing. America's the one throwing food scraps to starving people on barren land; China's the one making the land fertile so they can farm.
The mood on the streets is Chinese problems would be solved by Chinese only, not by outsiders or organizers. The sense of one nation is very strong, and cost of livings are coming down as we speak, health care, child care, etc,. Chinese know their own local problems, and they want to solve whatever that is among Chinese themselves. That's the gist.
Did Chinese gov provide financial assistance or jobs，for those who are affected by lockdown？Yes or no？
ShiJiaZhuang barely opened up, now covid has collapsed the local medical system.
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While letting it rip and opening fully right now is definitely out of the question, is re-opening slowly really going to help with this current situation? No matter what China do there will be a rapid increase in cases the moment people are allowed to transit between cities without restriction, it is no longer a question of if, but when. Compared to the rest of the world Chinese cities have high density and high usage of public transport which will contribute to the rise, we've already seen that normal surgical masks are nowhere near enough to stop the virus.
There's no real way to avoid millions of infected at this point, unless full lockdown is once again enacted which I think would be politically infeasible. We have already seen every country that had opened up fully had skyrocketing cases, China can no longer be the unicorn amongst a host of countries, as hard as it tried. It's just that the rest of the world gave up too early for Covid to not come back.
There's no real way to avoid millions of infected at this point, unless full lockdown is once again enacted which I think would be politically infeasible. We have already seen every country that had opened up fully had skyrocketing cases, China can no longer be the unicorn amongst a host of countries, as hard as it tried. It's just that the rest of the world gave up too early for Covid to not come back.