Covid HIts China: Again

      My, my,my, news reports from Shanghai tell of Covid infections spreading widely in this metropolis of China's east coast.  How can this be? Is there really covid in China? We know that China has a zero Covid policy.  Hmmmm. What will Xi JP say next? What is he being told by his Chinese toadies? People are dying: some in the hospitals, and some at home where they have stayed because there's no room at the medical facilities to care for them-too many people are infected. As per usual, limited truth about the situation makes it to the surface. China's tight grip on media continues while the pandemic races across the landscape. Those poor seniors: who will help them? Their families? Already stressed beyond control? So, now we have the Chinese surge, again. Since the outbreak in Wuhan over 2 years ago, China shocked the world and said they will prevent the Covid virus from spreading.  

     The Beijing government locked down entire cities. Then the government announced that it had developed a vaccine that controlled the virus. It was not a foreign made vaccine but a Chinese made product that was officially approved by Beijing.  Yea, China, a vaccine! Oh, wait, it 's not that effective, or maybe not really a vaccine. Maybe it's a placebo, maybe not. The world observes what's happening; Beijing can't really keep a lid on it. Hong Kong has a covid problem,too. Where will the problem stop? Nobody in Beijing seems to know. Now we have more and more controls, more and more restrictions, more and more infections, more and more deaths. Good luck, Xi JP. Nice try. It didn't work. You want to go your own way? Look at the results to date: quickly spreading infections. Too bad for you, Xi JP. Not too long ago, our Minister Of East Asian Affairs went to China for information gathering. He was required to quarantine in a Shanghai hotel for 14 days. It was guarded by the PLA, or Chinese army troops. He could not leave for any reason. Food, poorly prepared gruel, was brought in and left at the door. While not akin to jail, it was not a good position.

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