Katelyn Jetelina: “As expected, the Covid-19 situation in China is out of hand. In an interesting turn of events, China went from a ‘zero Covid’ policy to a ‘let it rip’ policy by dropping all mitigation measures without fully vaccinating the highest of risk or strengthening their healthcare system.”
“Egregiously, they stopped reporting cases, hospitalizations, and deaths, too. This looks good for them on paper, but when we rely on epidemiology 101 and anecdotal reports, which are plentiful, the situation in China is beyond grim.”
“Officials estimate between 5,000-10,000 people are dying per day. (At the U.S. peak, we lost 3,800 people per day). Epidemiologists expect death toll to rise in China in the coming months leading to 0.5-1 million cumulative deaths. A humanitarian disaster.”
