genericnewlurker t1_iujmcen wrote
Reply to comment by Unusual_Green_8147 in China: Foxconn employees flee amid COVID outbreak. by Xul-luX
Cause their vaccine doesn't work but they won't admit it because that shows that they failed. So instead of just importing working vaccines, they still use harsh quarantines to limit the spread of the disease to a largely unprotected population
ytpq t1_iujwlrp wrote
100%. IMO it could also get more complicated considering the family structure too, mostly one-child. Adult children dying = lots of old people that need to be taken care of. Grandparents dying = loss of child care (a huge number of children in China are raised primarily by grandparents)
mjh2901 t1_iuk0jai wrote
The affects of covid on the elderly I had a dark thought that China would do nothing, tell everyone there so so vaccine worked and watch it remove the most expensive part of the population to care for.
ivytea t1_iuk6k7q wrote
People said the Chinese respected the elderly. But seeing what happened to probably the most prestigious elder the former head Hu Jintao on the Party Congress I now agree with you
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