US-China needs to be vaccinated
2022.11.27 12:27
US-China needs to be vaccinated
Budrigannews.com – China’s Covid Zero policy, according to two high-ranking US health officials, is unlikely to control the virus on its own and makes little sense without a better vaccination campaign to increase immunity.
Ashish Jha, the pandemic response coordinator for President Joe Biden, stated on Sunday’s episode of ABC’s “This Week” that “it’s going to be very, very difficult for China to be able to be able to contain this through their Zero Covid strategy.
“Jha and Anthony Fauci, who has been Biden’s chief medical adviser and has been the face of the US response for much of the pandemic, were responding to questions about protests against COVID restrictions that have spread across Chinese streets and universities as citizens express their displeasure with local officials and the Communist Party that is in power.
Jha stated, “I would recommend that they pursue the strategy of ensuring everyone gets vaccinated, especially their elderly.”I believe that is the way out of this virus.Zero COVID and lockdowns will be extremely difficult to maintain.
After protesters at one location on Saturday called for President Xi Jinping to step down, a level of national dissent unheard of since he took power a decade ago, police were out in force in some areas where huge crowds gathered in Shanghai.
On NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Fauci stated, “Their approach has been very, very severe and rather draconian.”They commenced a prolonged lockdown without any apparent purpose or goal, which really does not make sense for public health.
According to Fauci, vaccines produced in China are less effective than those produced by Moderna Inc., Pfizer Inc., and Johnson & Johnson.However, he stated on CBS’s “Face the Nation” that China’s government appears to be locking down without a good strategy for “preparing yourself for opening.”
Before stepping down from his position as director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases next month, which he has held since 1984, Fauci gave interviews to a number of US network news shows on Sunday.
