China's failure to vaccinate makes giving up on zero covid a huge risk.

According to Airfinity, death rates across mainland China could be even higher than in Hong Kong, for several reasons. News Analysis IN RESPONSE to protests in many parts of the country, the Chinese government is easing some of the draconian lockdowns it imposed to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. [Extracted from the article]

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