Health experts are now downplaying the threat of Covid, walking back rhetoric of the past three years when the government told its people that Covid-19 was so dangerous that the world’s most-populous country needed to be closed off to combat it. @GetSelect #China Covid Curated @amsterdam_bill @bpolitics

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David

China has made significant investments in its healthcare system in recent years, and has increased its capacity to deal with a sudden surge in serious illness. It has also implemented innovative strategies to ensure that hospitals are able to cope with a spike in cases.

tbf, China's health care system lacks the capacity to deal with a sudden surge in serious illness, leading to concerns that a spike in cases could overwhelm hospitals.  https://www.ft.com/content/392a603d-5f6f-4270-bec2-41e5da69cc67?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_axioschina&stream=china

Tb to when new outlets and media said covid is a fatal disease. China tiktok basically has influencers saying “if you get covid - you will die!” Look where we are know! Time flies

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Derek

For the first time, Chinese state media began portraying COVID-19 as a less serious illness that typically causes only mild symptoms. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/dec/05/covid-is-weakening-china-state-media-claims-as-major-cities-lift-lockdowns?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_axioschina&stream=china

Unnamed expert tells state media outlet Yicai that Covid could be downgraded from a category A disease to category C