Opinion | Has China Done Too Well Against Covid-19? - The New York Times - 0 views
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By its own telling, the Chinese government has done very well, with daily infection figures nationwide rarely exceeding 100 between March 7, 2020, and Jan. 8, 2021.
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Only, China’s comparative success now risks hurting the country. Having been largely spared by the pandemic, most Chinese people remain susceptible to infection, and yet some seem disinclined to get vaccinated because of a false sense of safety. In addition, the Chinese government is over-exporting vaccines made in China.
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“I will not take it unless it is mandatory,” a friend of mine who lives in Shanghai told me recently about getting a vaccine. “The chances of infection here are very small.”
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