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A year after China ended its harsh COVID policies, it’s struggling to rebound (www.opb.org)

submitted 8 months ago by tardigrada@beehaw.org to c/news@beehaw.org

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[–] library_napper@monyet.cc 9 points 8 months ago

A year ago, China lifted draconian COVID restrictions that were an anvil around the neck of the economy and placed unprecedented controls on a society that, for the previous four decades, had grown accustomed to expanding personal freedoms, not shrinking them

Definitely not true for folks who use digital privacy tools

[–] CJOtheReal@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 8 months ago

I mean, their vaccine is just saltwater and spit just like the Russian one. And they didn't let anyone catch it at all (or at least they tried) wich means there isn't a natural resistance either.

So in the end they completely fucked their economy (and the economy of other countries with it... But thats a different story) and just postponed the unavoidable outbreak of covid making it essentially worse than any other country. Oh and thanks to the new outbreaks covid has definitely mutated a lot...

[–] library_napper@monyet.cc 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

"When I was coming in '82, people took pictures with cars and paid for the picture

What the hell does that mean?