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The Undoing of the Unscientific Zero-COVID Policy in China

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The Undoing of the Unscientific Zero-COVID Policy in China
Health workers wait for people to scan a health code to test for COVID-19 in the Jing'an district in Shanghai, China, on Dec. 22, 2022. Hector Retamal/AFP via Getty Images
Stu Cvrk
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Communist China has been reeling due to the relaxation of its three-year-long zero-COVID policy, with as many as 250 million infected Chinese last month. That number includes an incredible 37 million who were infected on Dec. 20 alone.
Stu Cvrk
Stu Cvrk
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Stu Cvrk retired as a captain after serving 30 years in the U.S. Navy in a variety of active and reserve capacities, with considerable operational experience in the Middle East and the Western Pacific. Through education and experience as an oceanographer and systems analyst, Cvrk is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, where he received a classical liberal education that serves as the key foundation for his political commentary.
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