Just some circumstantial evidence, but my manager was required to take the Chinese vax (Sinovax?) at his previous job in Dubai. When he came here our company was trying to mandate the vax thanks to that OSHA debacle. They would not count him as being vaccinated because he didn't have Pfizer/Moderna/J&J.
Fortunately the OSHA thing was shot down and our company canceled their mandate (which they really didn't want anyway but were being "persuaded").
I suppose what I was trying to ask was, could China be fooling us that they are in the same or worse boat as us with the loss of people. If rest of the industrialized countries lose significant workforce and, perhaps, military age individuals, but China doesn't and just represents to us that they are also hurting, won't we be at a significant disadvantage economically and militarily from lack of people for these positions while China remains at full force? Secondly, if their reports of illness are true, even if 70% are 'covid' sick right now, how damaging is the Omicron Cold? Most people fully functioning with sniffles during Omicron.
I've read reports in the past that noted their vax was not very effective--something like 3%. Also, there are over a half dozen variants running rampant in China right now. But because of their draconian lockdowns, there is no herd immunity. And that's why 70% of people in some areas are now sick. https://nypost.com/2023/01/03/70-of-shanghai-population-infected-with-covid-doctor-fears/ https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9460177/China-admits-Covid-jabs-not-effective-major-blow-global-health-battle.html
Just some circumstantial evidence, but my manager was required to take the Chinese vax (Sinovax?) at his previous job in Dubai. When he came here our company was trying to mandate the vax thanks to that OSHA debacle. They would not count him as being vaccinated because he didn't have Pfizer/Moderna/J&J.
Fortunately the OSHA thing was shot down and our company canceled their mandate (which they really didn't want anyway but were being "persuaded").
I suppose what I was trying to ask was, could China be fooling us that they are in the same or worse boat as us with the loss of people. If rest of the industrialized countries lose significant workforce and, perhaps, military age individuals, but China doesn't and just represents to us that they are also hurting, won't we be at a significant disadvantage economically and militarily from lack of people for these positions while China remains at full force? Secondly, if their reports of illness are true, even if 70% are 'covid' sick right now, how damaging is the Omicron Cold? Most people fully functioning with sniffles during Omicron.