[blueblisters]

1B is very impressive but more than twice that in the same time really puts the capacity, scale and reach of the Chinese State at a different level. Still I am curious why China is not opening up the borders to visitors?

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They say because they still maintain a zero covid strategy for the foreseeable future: https://time.com/6104303/china-zero-covid/

As far as I have read China heavily locks down regions if covid flares emerge, tests everyone in the region within a few days, then opens everything up less than a week later. This doesn't fit to the way more laissez-faire approach in the West.

[anaganisk]

Maybe they’re not yet done with covering up or don’t want investigative journalists

[redis_mlc]

> 1B is very impressive

Those are Sino* vaccines, which are only about 51% effective. (WHO considers 50% to be ineffective.)

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Sinovac is said to be 51% effective at preventing symptoms, but 87%-100% effective at preventing hospitalization or death. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-57817591

[WalterGR]

The WHO says

"A large multi-country Phase 3 trial has shown that 2 doses, administered at an interval of 21 days, have an efficacy of 79% against symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection 14 or more days after the second dose. Vaccine efficacy against hospitalization was 79%."

https://www.who.int/news-room/feature-stories/detail/the-sin...