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applegrove

(132,659 posts)
Tue Dec 20, 2022, 11:10 PM Dec 2022

China's Crematoriums 'Packed' as Covid Cases Soar

China’s Crematoriums ‘Packed’ as Covid Cases Soar

December 20, 2022 at 9:00 pm EST By Taegan Goddard 78 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2022/12/20/chinas-crematoriums-packed-as-covid-case-soar/

"SNIP.......

“Crematoriums across China are straining to deal with an influx of bodies as the country battles a wave of Covid cases that authorities have said is impossible to track,” AFP reports.

.........SNIP"

Applegrove:

China's vaccines are not as effective as mRNAs are. Remind DeSantis and his committee what sub-prime vaccine situation looks like.

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patphil

(9,145 posts)
1. As of right now, China is claiming a total of only 386,276 cases of Covid, with only 5,242 deaths.
Tue Dec 20, 2022, 11:54 PM
Dec 2022

Probably several hundred times below the actual figures.
I don't think they ever reported the actual situation in their country.

BigmanPigman

(55,365 posts)
3. Why are their new case numbers going down
Wed Dec 21, 2022, 12:41 AM
Dec 2022

according g to Worldometers. I check them out every other day. Japan is really high again. China lies about their numbers as much as FL does. I don't trust either leader (Deathsantis in FL).

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/china/

 

Tickle

(4,131 posts)
5. People are still dying from COVID ?
Wed Dec 21, 2022, 05:51 AM
Dec 2022

I thought the variants were weaker then the first COVID?. Seems like lots of people around me have COVID but I know of no deaths. I have never had COVID or any of the variants. Knock on wood .

Dorian Gray

(13,850 posts)
6. According to epidemiologists discussing the China situation
Wed Dec 21, 2022, 06:00 AM
Dec 2022

Omicron is actually NOT weaker, there is just more built in immunity (prior infections and vaccinations) in the USA and other nations. China has a low uptake in vaccines, especially in its most vulnerable population. So that vulnerable population is subject to death when they have no immunity.

Our household has had all the vaccines and boosters, so when we caught it it was a mixed bag. My daughter and husband got sick for a couple of days/the equivalent of a mild flu or bad cold. I never caught it at all.

 

Tickle

(4,131 posts)
7. Thank you for responding
Wed Dec 21, 2022, 07:01 AM
Dec 2022

I thought the variants were weaker but what you said makes sense. I appreciate it 😊

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