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In a strongly worded article on the website of the government-affiliated think tank China Health Economics Association on Thursday, former Chinese health minister Gao Qiang rejected the laissez-faire approach to the pandemic, blasting the countries who are following it for “recklessly removing or relaxing epidemic control measures”.
“Is it feasible to ‘coexist with the virus’? The author believes that it is definitely not feasible,” wrote Gao, who was health minister from 2005-2007. “The ‘coexistence with the virus’ [seen in] Britain, the United States and other countries has already brought serious consequences to global efforts to contain the epidemic. We must not repeat the same mistakes.”
Since the first recorded Covid-19 outbreak in Hubei province was brought to heel with months-long lockdowns and mass testing, President Xi Jinping has hailed China’s “zero tolerance” strategy as proof of the Chinese political system’s superiority when compared to Western democracies like the US, where hundreds of thousands have died from Covid-19.
While case numbers are still relatively low – at an estimated 1,613 infections as of July 17, based on National Health Commission data – China’s continued intolerance of any infections, including asymptomatic ones, has also contrasted with the approach of neighboring countries.
But the jury is still out on whether “living with the virus” is sustainable. The US, which is dealing with a surge in cases driven by the Delta variant, could see 1,000 deaths a day by mid-September and 76,000 additional deaths by November 1, according to modelling by the University of Washington’s Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation.
Gao rejected the view of many experts who now say the disease will soon become endemic – seasonal and inevitable, like a flu. Instead, he characterised the pandemic as a “battle between humanity and the virus” and said the goal should remain to “eliminate” Covid-19.
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In a strongly worded article on the website of the government-affiliated think tank China Health Economics Association on Thursday, former Chinese health minister Gao Qiang rejected the laissez-faire approach to the pandemic, blasting the countries who are following it for “recklessly removing or relaxing epidemic control measures”.
“Is it feasible to ‘coexist with the virus’? The author believes that it is definitely not feasible,” wrote Gao, who was health minister from 2005-2007. “The ‘coexistence with the virus’ [seen in] Britain, the United States and other countries has already brought serious consequences to global efforts to contain the epidemic. We must not repeat the same mistakes.”
Since the first recorded Covid-19 outbreak in Hubei province was brought to heel with months-long lockdowns and mass testing, President Xi Jinping has hailed China’s “zero tolerance” strategy as proof of the Chinese political system’s superiority when compared to Western democracies like the US, where hundreds of thousands have died from Covid-19.
While case numbers are still relatively low – at an estimated 1,613 infections as of July 17, based on National Health Commission data – China’s continued intolerance of any infections, including asymptomatic ones, has also contrasted with the approach of neighboring countries.
But the jury is still out on whether “living with the virus” is sustainable. The US, which is dealing with a surge in cases driven by the Delta variant, could see 1,000 deaths a day by mid-September and 76,000 additional deaths by November 1, according to modelling by the University of Washington’s Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation.
Gao rejected the view of many experts who now say the disease will soon become endemic – seasonal and inevitable, like a flu. Instead, he characterised the pandemic as a “battle between humanity and the virus” and said the goal should remain to “eliminate” Covid-19.