China ends its "one size fits all" stance on COVID

The "Zero Covid" policy underwent 20 revisions, which were approved by the Chinese Communist Party at the end of the previous week

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For example, Amendment 2 prohibits tracking close contacts of an infected person

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Another amendment allowing home quarantine even in high-risk areas will reduce the number of people in those facilities even further

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the apparent reversal of a "one size fits all" approach — arguably the defining feature of a Zero Covid strategy that attempts to keep the virus out of all populations

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The Great Barrington Declaration cited careful nursing home management as an example of "focused protection"

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Amendment 16 specifically criticizes local government agencies for imposing "one size fits all" policies"

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The central Chinese government has promised to take action against local governments that have been too draconian in their Covid policy

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