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that are under pressure. panic buying at pharmacies has meant certain medicines are now hard to come by. this sign says, no cold and flu tablets, no thermometers and no home testing kits. just weeks ago, chinese officials were saying lockdowns and isolation centres were necessary. now, after a major u turn, the message is that the latest covid types aren t dangerous, and many younger people are welcoming the chance to isolate at home. translation: the information circulating before about covid l was completely at odds with my experience of the virus. i caught it, was a bit uncomfortable, but it hasn t been nearly as scary as i thought it would be. she does however worry about her sister, who has children, and her grandmother. in other countries, reopening led to bustling streets, as communities
as the hospital directors or medical workers, people being infected had been required to work in hospital, which creates a transmission environment there. it s notjust hospitals that are under pressure. panic buying at pharmacies has meant certain medicines are now hard to come by. this sign says, no cold and flu tablets, no thermometers and no home testing kits. just weeks ago, chinese officials were saying lockdowns and isolation centres were necessary. now, after a major u turn, the message is that the latest covid types aren t dangerous, and many younger people are welcoming the chance to isolate at home. translation: the information circulating before about covid was completely at odds with my experience of the virus. i caught it, was a bit uncomfortable, but it hasn t
environment there. it s notjust hospitals that are under pressure. panic buying at pharmacies has meant certain medicines are now hard to come by. this sign says no cold and flu tablets, no thermometers and no home testing kits. just weeks ago, chinese officials were saying lockdowns and isolation centres were necessary. now, after a major u turn, the message is that the latest covid types aren t dangerous, and many younger people are welcoming the chance to isolate at home. translation: the information circulating before about covid l was completely at odds with my experience of the virus. i caught it, was a bit uncomfortable, but it hasn t been nearly as scary as i thought it would be.
with friends in china who serve as the hospital directors or medical workers, people being infected had been required to work in hospital, which creates a transmission environment there. it s notjust hospitals that are under pressure. panic buying at pharmacies has meant certain medicines are now hard to come by. this sign says no cold and flu tablets, no thermometers and no home testing kits. just weeks ago, chinese officials were saying lockdowns and isolation centres were necessary. now, after a major u turn, the message is that the latest covid types aren t dangerous, and many younger people are welcoming the chance to isolate at home. translation: the information circulating before about covid l was completely at odds with my experience of the virus. i caught it, was a bit uncomfortable, but it hasn t been nearly as scary as i thought it would be.