full necessity of maintaining covid until the vaccine rate and the quality of the vaccine improve. as well as these other measures that include targeting individuals who might be the ringleaders. that s their approach. might be the ringleaders. that s theirapproach. it s might be the ringleaders. that s their approach. it s a real challenge and i think the chinese leaders are doing the best they can under the circumstances. marga leaders are doing the best they can under the circumstances. mary anne, do ou under the circumstances. mary anne, do you think under the circumstances. mary anne, do you think the under the circumstances. mary anne, do you think the united under the circumstances. mary anne, do you think the united states - under the circumstances. mary anne, do you think the united states has i under the circumstances. mary anne, do you think the united states has a l do you think the united states has a role to play in this? ihla do you think the united states has a ro
beijing recently announced incremental changes to covid restrictions, but said the country is sticking to its zero covid policy. and for people who have lost their loved ones in lockdown, these changes are all too little too late. and erin, that whole story and my conversation with you right now, all of that is being censored on airwaves in china, even though it s no secret here that this zero covid policy is unsustainable. but to come of this, experts say there need to be a few major changes. number one, the vaccine rate of the elderly population needs to increase. second, china s messaging needs to change. there is growing outrage, but many are still deeply fearful of getting covid because of the propaganda and demonization of the virus. erin? unbelievable. selena, thank you very much again for another extraordinary report. and thanks so much to all of you for joining us for it. ac 360 starts now.
that zero covid is having an immense effect on the economy, unemployment, and people s mental health. people in china have been going through this for the past three years. teiis this for the past three years. tells more about this for the past three years. tells more about it this for the past three years. tells more about it because this for the past three years. tells more about it because they have basically had three years of lockdown and testing and the impact, youth unemployment is really high isn t it? ., , , isn t it? youth unemployment is something isn t it? youth unemployment is something between isn t it? youth unemployment is something between 20 - isn t it? youth unemployment is something between 20 and - isn t it? youth unemployment is something between 20 and 25%| isn t it? youth unemployment is - something between 20 and 2596 right something between 20 and 25% right now i think it is just immensely high. the service economy has been destroyed in many cities b