It is estimated that the majority of Canadians have already recovered from a COVID infection. In addition, Canadian and US health authorities have approved the COVID bivalent vaccine that provides better protection against the highly contagious Omicron variants. Therefore, it is understandable that North Americans are less worried about COVID than ever before – people now treat COVID in same manner as the seasonal flu.
On the other hand, China’s zero-COVID policy means that the majority of the country’s residents have NOT had COVID. This means the pandemic is far from over in that part of the world, and it remains difficult to predict how many more massive lockdowns will be required. Chinese residents have complained that they were short on essential items such as food and hygiene products. The silver lining to the country’s challenging situation is that Beijing has approved an inhale-able COVID vaccine.
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