SentientHotdogWater t1_iuj59u9 wrote on October 31, 2022 at 6:48 PM

Reply to comment by theassassintherapist in Workers leave iPhone factory in Zhengzhou amid COVID curbs by Substantial_Camera_8

>Lives are more important than the economy.

True, but surely they could just use mRNA vaccines and re-open just like every other country on the planet at this point?...

theassassintherapist t1_iuj63fc wrote on October 31, 2022 at 6:54 PM

America is still looking at 2k+ deaths weekly even with mRNA vaccine and sparsely populated cities. Triple the population and pack the cities tighter and the weekly death count suddenly don't seem that acceptable.

SentientHotdogWater t1_iuj70jb wrote on October 31, 2022 at 7:00 PM

COVID deaths in the US and the rest of the world are overwhelmingly among the unvaccinated (https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/united-states-rates-of-covid-19-deaths-by-vaccination-status?country=~50%2B).

If the goal was truly to reduce deaths why not import mRNA vaccines in addition to lockdowns? Would that not logically be the best decision if all they care about is keeping the death count down? Why keep out the most effective vaccines?

Wild-Thymes t1_iuj8f85 wrote on October 31, 2022 at 7:09 PM

You are right. Covid fatalities in the US are overwhelmingly among those who did not have access to vaccines or those who did not take the doses. CDC data showed 92.7% of covid deaths were among said people.

https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#trends_weeklydeaths_select_00

The guy you replied to has been trying hard to push for a fallacy in order to justify beijing