Comments by "TJ Marx" (@tjmarx) on "What is the threat to Europe and the right response from the EU? | DW News" video.

You seem to be misunderstanding. China have a blanket screening policy for anyone, from any country entering China regardless of nationality. China is not objecting to other countries having screening policies. It's objecting to other countries having screening policies that apply ONLY TO CHINA and no other nation. Yankville has a low vaccination rate and currently has a new variant of interest circulating. However there are no restrictions or screenings in place for travellers from yankville. That's what China is objecting to. If countries were saying, listen, we're going to screen all travellers entering, or we're going to screen travellers from countries with less than X% vaccination rate, or from countries with more than X number of hospitalisation cases per capita, or some other blanket mechanism then I doubt China would be complaining. Their complaint is in being singled out.
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@iggy5347 It's always weird when people quote paragraphs from broadsheets without context or citation. What was your goal here?
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@bugsygoo That is untrue. China is going through identical infection rates as every nation has gone through after ending the lockdowns, and comparable to rates with each winter wave. According to the US CDC only 15% of people have received their 3rd vaccine dose meaning weining immunity and a vaccine efficacy in yankville even lower than in China. Infection rates are soaring in yankville, as are SARS-COV-2 related deaths. XBB.1.5, the new variant in yankville now accounts for 75% of new infections and is upto 49% more resistant to treatment than other variants. There is a legitimate medical reason to be screening travellers from yankville, however that isn't even on the table. Instead there's a discussion only about China. You don't seem to even really understand the political justification being given to screen Chinese travellers. It isn't about infection rates, it's about sinovax and the potential for new variants to emerge from China given the low efficacy of sinovax (37%). However as I've already discussed, due to low uptake of the booster in yankville vaccine efficacy is down to just 24% and a new variant isn't just a hypothetical it's happening. Despite that China is singled out. If we screened/restricted yankvillain travellers too in an identical way, there wouldn't be a fuss. Australia too has a new variant just emerged in December, and has XXB.1.5 circulating as well, so Australian travellers should likewise be screened. Singling out countries when other nations have the same traits is by definition discrimination. China is right to call fowl.
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@bugsygoo You don't see the problem because you have failed to understand literally anything that's going on. The WHO is calling XXB.1.5 potentially the biggest threat since the pandemic began. If you actually have something original to say, say it. So far you just repeat the same talking points even though they've been debunked.
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@bugsygoo And now all you've got is personal attacks with zero substance. Perhaps if you actually read my comments instead of acting like a broken record you might know what's up. What you have said isn't what the WHO, the EU, yankville, the UK, Canada, Australia, any other involved country nor the media reporting on it including this very video have said. You don't actually understand what you're talking about. Btw, if you had any clue who I am you'd know how silly your personal attack really was. Have a great day Barnaby.
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@bugsygoo Oh my, someone misunderstood. I'm not upset at your silly little insults, I care now what a jester has to say. I was merely pointing out that you've abandoned all pretence of substance and resorted only to personal attack now. That is to say, you have nothing.
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@bugsygoo Still no substance.
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The death rate is no higher in China than another other country experienced immediately after opening up post lockdowns.
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