@ndloubere Another key difference is that in the West zero covid was never seriously attempted by policy makers, even though anti-lockdown propagandists try to pretend it was.
This has resulted in the tragic situation where the country that actually wanted zero covid was let down by an incompetent hierarchy, whereas countries that didn't choose zero covid were only rescued from total collapse by the unacknowledged competence and dilligence of health care workers, teachers, etc.
