Able_Golf_7301 t1_j215w70 wrote on December 28, 2022 at 10:24 PM

Reply to comment by MidianFootbridge69 in Covid in China: Countries tighten rules as tourism set to resume by redcccp

Is this an old varient that other countries are boosted against, or is this a new super varient that could create a problem? How mutated is this? 2. What if this takes hold in Seattle and New York?

green_flash t1_j218jki wrote on December 28, 2022 at 10:42 PM

It's Omicron, nothing special. We in the West are much better protected against it compared to the Chinese population which has been completely shielded from all COVID variants that have emerged since mid 2020.

The only reason it's running rampant in China is that they abruptly ended their Zero COVID strategy.

cambreecanon t1_j22u5wf wrote on December 29, 2022 at 6:15 AM

They ended their zero covid strategy when they saw how many people were suddenly testing positive and didn't want to have to deal with taking care of/quarantining that many people at once. They saw the data and the trend about to blow up and decided to just let people deal with it.