It doesn't take a totalitarian regime to recognize that wokeism and feminism (as it is today) is pretty toxic to a conservative / traditional society. If there is a justification to a certain level of intolerance those would be two items that fit the bill to keep your society from falling apart at the seems.

I don't have the sauce link but I read somewhere Sinovac wasn't working well. Since they haven't been able to successfully steal mRNA yet they are going to have to import it.