The majority supports the dynamic zero policy.
What anecdotes do you have to support this notion?
I guess there will always be proponents for the draconian aspect of zero Covid. But like I and many others here, who have based their opinions not just from observations around us, but testimonies from friends/family back home, this policy change was long overdue. Simply put China is not in the same situation as most advanced countries that have the luxury of a strong social safety net. When people were hit by lockdowns in the West, the compensations they received from the government were, generous to the say the least.
This wasn't the case in China where migrant workers, especially in the third year of zero covid, were often left to rot during hard lockdown. Much has been said already about the economic damages of zero covid, so I'm not going to beat a dead horse anymore. But more to the point, perhaps people could have been persuaded to put up with zero covid if the virus's severity still warranted it. The thing is though, nothing today suggests that. Sure you can bring up the statistics of people who are still dying globally from COVID, irrespective of how many of those are vaccinated. But humans are emotional creatures and images speak more to emotions than data.
Already people in China were showing signs of being fed up with zero covid during the second year of the virus. But the images and videos around of world of a virus that was still very much deadly, perhaps most encapsulated by Indians having to burn their dead in parking lots, was sure enough going to scare people into putting up with it. That's not the case with Omicron where, yeah people are still dying, but by and large as long as you are vaccinated it has all the severity of a flu and not many countries are seeing their medical systems overwhelmed despite being fully reopened.
Now yes, I agree vaccinating vulnerable populations is still a priority, which frankly the government should've gotten cracking on as soon as Omicron broke out. Whatever mistakes they made in the past year, its done. Now all we can focus on is the future and finally getting out of this situation through mass vaccinations, mask wearing, sanitary measures etc.
