Mobilize the working class to stop the pandemic and the Omicron surge! - World Socialist Web Site
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The maintenance of the elimination strategy in China provides the most critical lessons for the international working class on how to stop the pandemic. Widespread lockdowns from January-March 2020 effectively ended all community transmission of COVID-19 within China, with some regions lifting restrictions in April 2020. This allowed the country to reopen internally while setting up a strict two-week quarantining program for all international travelers to prevent the importation of new cases. Through a massive testing and contact tracing program, whenever outbreaks occur they are quickly stamped out. This policy, combined with mass vaccination, has wide support in the Chinese working class.
China’s effective response, which was mirrored in many other countries, demonstrates that COVID-19 can be eliminated. In a country of over 1.4 billion people, only two people have died from the virus since May 16, 2020, compared to 701,170 Americans and roughly 5 million people globally. The Socialist Equality Party completely rejects the claim that the scientific measures taken in China, which are necessary to save lives, represent a violation of democratic rights.
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