Caster Jiro Shinbo appeared on Nippon Broadcasting System “Jiro Shinbo Zoom So far!” As the Chinese government is greatly relaxing the “zero corona” policy so far over the new coronavirus infection, the reason why domestic infected people are rushing to medical institutions is that “Corona is scary for a long time.” It’s because they’re in a big hurry because they’ve been planted with an impression,” he developed his theory.
China’s “zero corona” collapse Citizens line up at the fever outpatient counter of a hospital in central Beijing = December 12, 2022 Photo courtesy of Kyodo News
The Chinese government announced on the 13th that it had ended the operation of the behavior tracking app it had introduced as a countermeasure against the new coronavirus. The state-run app “Communication Process Card” has been discontinued. It uses location information from mobile phones to track people’s travels to areas with a high risk of infection. But there are other behavior-tracking apps in China that manage daily life, and health codes are still used by many people to enter and exit stores and offices.
Spicy) In China, the number of infected people announced by the government is now drastically reduced. Of course. I haven’t inspected it. However, when we put together the stories that our correspondents and various local people are reporting, the reality is that the number of infected people is increasing explosively. And patients are flooding medical institutions.
The reason for the rush is not the severity of the disease. Since the authorities closed the PCR test site, I tested myself using an antigen test kit and got a positive reaction, so I rushed to a medical institution. For a long time, under the zero-corona policy, the Chinese people have been given the decisive impression that “corona is scary”, so they must be in a big panic when they get a positive test. Medical institutions are full of such people.
The Chinese government is now aiming to create herd immunity in a short period of time. In addition, we are trying to impress the public with the impression that “the Omicron strain is safe because it is unlikely to become severe,” by mobilizing the opinions of scholars.
Meanwhile, in China, the corona vaccine that is distributed worldwide is not used. For example, American-made Pfizer and Moderna used in Japan are not used in Japan because they are not approved by the Chinese government. What is used is a unique Chinese vaccine. However, there is general skepticism about the effectiveness of Chinese vaccines.
In addition, it is thought that there are not many people who have become immune to infection due to the zero-corona policy so far. In that case, I can understand the explosive increase in the number of infected people due to the termination of the zero-corona policy. However, since there are few people who become seriously ill or die from the Omicron strain, it is believed that social turmoil will not spread.