[itronitron]

What would you estimate to be the Covid vaccination rates in Shanghai?

In many European and American cities the consensus of many people seems to be that Covid 'is over', likely due to high vaccination rates and those that have recovered.

[tyng]

I don't have the big picture data but all the people I know (locals and expats) have been vaccinated. China and the Western world are taking different approaches to COVID, I don't believe in anything said from either side, there is simply not enough scientific and trustworthy data, only time will tell which approach is better.

[tremon]

the consensus of many people seems to be that Covid 'is over'

Personally, I'll reserve my judgement on that until we're past the normal autumn flu/cold wave. Cases declined last year in the summer too.

[itronitron]

I agree. Anecdotally, a friend of mine's workplace which canceled WFH a few months ago has had many people out sick with Covid over the past three weeks (more than the entire previous year), but luckily none have them have needed to be hospitalized.

[pempem]

The problem gets further pushed to the individual to navigate, without any real support

[sudosysgen]

We had almost the same statistic here.

[GekkePrutser]

Except this year severe cases were already manageable by the health system in the middle of winter. That's the difference.