China -- Covid -- November 23, 2022

Before we get to China, let's go to Cincinnati:

• breathless headline:

• in fact: decided on a "technicality" as it were -- the issue was considered moot by the court -- there was no federal money available, so there was no case. 
• one justice recused himself from the case because the governor being sued was his father; can't make this stuff up.
  

Now, China, beyond hope without an effective vaccine:

Let's look at a few other countries, while we are at it.

Remember New Zealand? Closed their country for upwards of two years. No cases. Looked great. At some point the country would have to re-open. Now, one of the worse. Compare with Hong Kong (population: 7.5 million) and New Zealand (5 million):

 And then look at this. Per capita, New Zealand much worse than the USA for total cases, almost 400,000 cases / million (New Zealand) and 300,000 cases / million (USA).

Is New Zealand vaccinating? Yup. With the Pfizer vaccine and Novavax.

Absolutely fascinating. Fascinating.

China: four deaths / million population and they lock down the country. The US: 125 deaths each day from Covid-19 right now.