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  TL;DR
  Leaked notes from Chinese health officials estimate 250 million Covid-19 infections in December: reports
  Scenes in major Beijing crematorium tell a different story from official Covid death numbers
  Almost 250 million people in China may have caught Covid-19 in the first 20 days of December, according to an internal estimate from the nation’s top health officials, Bloomberg News and the Financial Times reported Friday.
  If correct, the estimate – which CNN cannot independently confirm – would account for roughly 18% of China’s 1.4 billion people and represent the largest Covid-19 outbreak to date globally.
  The figures cited were presented during an internal meeting of China’s National Health Commission (NHC) on Wednesday, according to both outlets – which cited sources familiar with the matter or involved in the discussions. The NHC summary of Wednesday’s meeting said it delved into the treatment of patients affected by the new outbreak.
context: Imagine the Healthcare load they are under. >
  
  I live in China but currently visiting home in Ireland. I only know a couple of people total that don’t have it or haven’t had it yet in the last 3 weeks. I know OF one guy that needed hospitalisation because was very old and had other ailments. It really seems to be the least severe strain I’ve heard of. I have friends that are doctors they told me they’re holding out so far. But time will tell. >
  
  Luckily it isn't as bad as the first year with such high kill rates or they would be buried in bodies, even 1% would be a few million >
  
  Just shooting in the weeds here, working between other westernized countries (US, Canada, France etc.) gives an average of ~1% dead. The US has a recorded 100M+ cases and 1.1M deceased.
  So, possibly 2.5M dead. Egads. That's not taking into account the Chinese government's data on them all being super badass better built people. >
  
  We also didn't have our 100m infected in the same month but spread over a year+.
  This will overwhelm their hospitals and many more will die then in the usa because they won't have access to health care. >
  
  Best to do comparison by using % of population or cases/100k not raw case numbers >
  
  anyway you look at it china is going to be worse than the USA. at the height of covid the USA was getting 800k cases a week for 0.2% of the population per WEEK. China is estimated to be getting just under 2% of their population getting covid per DAY. >
  
  Shits hit the fan waaaaaaaay faster than i thought >
  
  That is a ton and I am forced to wonder if this is a result of their lockdown policy blowing up or did China always have COVID and just swept it under the rug >
  
  It's all over the wechat. My chinese girlfriend watches videos of chinese people talking about the new covid. They are in bed longer, stronger and longer fevers, and have more gas/farting a lot. >
  
  Seems to be 1 awful day of bed. 1 day recovering and then fine. >
  
  Oh the new variant possibilities 😖 >
  
  From zero to 25% of their population?  Their government data are always so suspicious. >
  
  1/4 billion is a lot of people. >
  
  That's not a good sign for the rest of us. >
  
  Their vaccines are trash, too >
  
  I don’t think it’s that bad based on the data from trials in other countries.  It should lower than chance of hospitalization fairly effectively.  I think the problem is that they didn’t put in too much effort in the omicron vaccine and they didn’t push for boosters.  On top of that elders don’t want to get vaccinated. >
  
  Hope 2023 doesn't end up being anywhere as bad as this seems to portend. >
  
  250 million infections mean 250 million chances for mutation that escape the vaccine >
  
  I don’t get why didn’t just china force vaccines (including boosters) until now into everyone’s arms, like they’re a totalitarian regime, why not do the most logical thing? This is one area where being totalitarian would make it very easy to do the right thing >
  
  "Experts on Chinese health care say several factors have contributed to the low vaccination rates among older adults. COVID vaccination campaigns focused initially on essential workers, and efficacy data was not focused on the elderly. The government has almost exclusively enforced "zero COVID" policies to keep the virus out and douse flareups rather than moving to ramp up vaccinations when outbreaks were limited.Plus, there's deep-seated vaccine hesitancy.For many, it has its roots in product quality issues that have for years plagued manufacturing in China — including its production of pharmaceuticals."
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  "But lax oversight and corruption during recent decades of breakneck economic growth has led to a string of product quality scandals in China — from baby formula cut with industrial chemicals to contaminated blood thinner and tainted vaccines." 
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  "the government has done a bad job of messaging around the virus and debunking myths — despite near total control of the media environment in the country.​" >
  
  Doesn’t explain why didn’t they just force vaccinate everyone, they have forced entire mega cities to take the covid test why not mandatory vaccination? >
  
  Because fascist regimes are full or corruption and incompetence. E.g., russia being the "second army in the world" and showing all the corruption and incompetence leading them to lose the war in Ukraine. >
  
  COVID 2: Electric Boogaloo >
  
  We way past 2 already right? This ain't a trilogy. It's more like a Fast and Furious or Harry Potter Franchise at this point >
  
  Singapore government limited panadol purchase at the biggest supermarket network, as mainland chinese buy & send them to China. >
  
  2 dead from Covid so far.