China had almost 2 million excess deaths after the end of ‘zero-Covid,’ U.S. study finds (www.cnbc.com)

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[-] jeena@jemmy.jeena.net 11 points 1 year ago

So about 1/3 per capita compared to the US?

[-] underisk@lemmy.ml 23 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Well the government misrepresenting the figures is also a big part of the article but that also happened in the US. Then they anonymously quote a source who "fears government retaliation" for speaking out. Something which actually happened to a whistleblower in Florida.

But hey, China Bad.

[-] jeena@jemmy.jeena.net 17 points 1 year ago

To be fair though, just because something bad happened in one country doesn't mean that now it's fair game in all the other countries to do the same bad thing.

[-] Intelligence_Gap@beehaw.org 11 points 1 year ago

I feel like there’s a bit of false equivalency too, a state gov retaliating isn’t the same as a federal gov retaliating.

[-] Ataraxia@lemm.ee 11 points 1 year ago

As fucky as shit is in this country I'd rather live here than China and plenty of Chinese friends of mine who left would never go back.

[-] InvertedParallax@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago

Uhh, the thing spread as fast as it did literally because they lied and tried to cover it up.

China bad.

[-] idiomaddict@feddit.de 13 points 1 year ago

This is a two month period

[-] jeena@jemmy.jeena.net 4 points 1 year ago

Ah I didn't realize that.

[-] bunkyprewster@startrek.website 8 points 1 year ago

I feel like the zero-covid policy could have worked if they had used an mRNA vaccine and vaccinated the elderly.

[-] InvertedParallax@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago

Thats like saying "I feel like eating plums should cure cancer, if you also take chemo and the rest of the treatments recommended by your doctor."

[-] zik@aussie.zone 1 points 1 year ago

They developed their own vaccine but it was a bit of a dud.

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