The irony and incongruity of China's Covid situation

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THIS thanksgiving day, be thankful that your country (whatever it is) is not facing the ironies and incongruities of China's Covid situation today.

First wordTHIS thanksgiving day, be thankful that your country is not facing the ironies and incongruities of China's Covid situation today.What an irony! I had to stop myself from calling it a 'delicious irony,' an idiom that has often been used in situations like this.Consider:The country where Covid-19 originated is having the toughest time in controlling the pandemic.The country which alone professes a zero-Covid policy is farthest from the goal of exiting the crisis.

'Easing up but no reversalAn AFP analysis piece, 'Confusion clouds China's path out of zero-Covid,' examines China's attempt to modify its zero-Covid strategy which threatens to derail the economy and has caused social tensions, but no signs of a reversal of the policy.

 

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