The whole premise that China can’t keep up zero covid hinges on the idea that sooner or later they have to open up the borders and let the plague rats in. However, it’s pretty obvious that China can keep their borders closed indefinitely at this point. Their economy is doing fine and their international trade is growing.
The only downside of having closed borders is losing tourism and the benefits of not having the plague run wild far outweigh any losses from not having international tourists. Literally the only people who are unhappy about this are the rich and affluent who are now inconvenienced when they travel outside the country.
The whole premise that China can’t keep up zero covid hinges on the idea that sooner or later they have to open up the borders and let the plague rats in. However, it’s pretty obvious that China can keep their borders closed indefinitely at this point. Their economy is doing fine and their international trade is growing.
The only downside of having closed borders is losing tourism and the benefits of not having the plague run wild far outweigh any losses from not having international tourists. Literally the only people who are unhappy about this are the rich and affluent who are now inconvenienced when they travel outside the country.
Side point but I feed so bad for the countries / cities who rely on tourism, especially the carribbean countries.
Yeah definitely, but until the rest of the world gets their act together this is really the only sane policy to take.