Mainland China and Hong Kong both have high vaccination rates in aggregate. But they share a common weakness in having few of their elderly vaccinated. A surge in deaths in Hong Kong is now demonstrating the dangers of allowing COVID to spread in these circumstances. Mainland officials will therefore tread carefully, with the “experimental opening” from zero-COVID that is reportedly being considered likely to be limited in scope.
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