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 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.