Jumping from zero-Covid to zero restrictions has the potential to wipe out the success China achieved in the first two years of the pandemic, experts said.
“Ninety-eight per cent of Americans have been infected at least once with Covid-19, and this will happen in China, but it’s going to happen in a shorter time,” said Mokdad, a former senior epidemiologist with the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention.
He called on Chinese health authorities to arrange to import mRNA vaccines made by Pfizer and BioNTech, as well as antiviral medications such as Pfizer’s Paxlovid, which are the most effective tools for limiting mortality. “The only thing that China could do is to spread the infections throughout the year and not let them happen all at once, because that is a recipe for disaster.”Jumping from zero-Covid to zero restrictions has the potential to wipe out the success China achieved in the first two years of the pandemic, said Dr Jennifer Huang Bouey, an epidemiologist and specialist in China policy at the RAND Corporation.
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