3 hours ago, TingTonger said:

That was reported on South Chine Morning News , China is Deflecting, Wake up 

Covid is rampant in every country in the world. Conditioned idiots who can't see further than "Doh, keep out the Commies" are always 1st in line on these threads. It's also no surprise that the Covid conspiracy and plandemic theorists have made themselves absent from this thread. They are generally of the same ilk.

35 minutes ago, Joe Farang said:

Covid is rampant in every country in the world. Conditioned idiots who can't see further than "Doh, keep out the Commies" are always 1st in line on these threads. It's also no surprise that the Covid conspiracy and plandemic theorists have made themselves absent from this thread. They are generally of the same ilk.

Covid is obviously not as severe in most other countries as it is now in China. The zero covid regime was actually way too effective for too long. So a lot more people have lost their resistance to the virus. In addition, the Sinovac and Sinopharm vaccines were not as effective as any of the major western vaccines. Also, in China for some reason the elderly have a very low rate of vaccination. And they are the group most at risk from covid. China could have purchased more effective vaccines from the west. The leadership chose not to. This is what happens when scientists are overruled by political ideologues.

3 hours ago, placeholder said:

Covid is obviously not as severe in most other countries as it is now in China. The zero covid regime was actually way too effective for too long. So a lot more people have lost their resistance to the virus. In addition, the Sinovac and Sinopharm vaccines were not as effective as any of the major western vaccines. Also, in China for some reason the elderly have a very low rate of vaccination. And they are the group most at risk from covid. China could have purchased more effective vaccines from the west. The leadership chose not to. This is what happens when scientists are overruled by political ideologues.

It's more to do with blanket lockdowns resulting in a lack of any kind of natural immunity. Repeated exposure to previous variants (cross immunity), helps with b- and t-cell immunity against current variants. Most Chinese have none of that. They should be thankful they are getting hit with omicron and not delta. 

13 hours ago, daveAustin said:

No, it is the few in comparison. The article speaks for Thailand as a whole, while not many locals benefit from Chinese tourists like they do from regular ones. Many do not want them here. 

They aren't overly keen on Westerners in many cases...since Chinese are helpless tourists and need guides and attractions, transport and be fed directly, I still contend they effectively are a major benefit to Thailand.. it is evident by how much attention they give to getting them back. 

I hope swimming pools and golf courses won’t be closed again 

There goes the civilized buffet again. 

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On 1/3/2023 at 1:49 AM, placeholder said:

Also, in China for some reason the elderly have a very low rate of vaccination. And they are the group most at risk from covid. 

One of the reasons, surely, is that, different from most countries, China's government decided that 'the young' should get vaccinated first.

Edited January 4, 20233 yr by StayinThailand2much