the gap between China and US GDP will jump from $5.3 Trillion in 2021 to an estimated $8.3 Trillion in 2022

[Kyusuibu Honbu]

Really? India and China has more high rises and skyscrapers in construction than USA.

In USA most of houses and buildings are built with more wood than cement or reinforced concrete

When doing my masters in College Park, a building was caught . Later was shocked to notice most of building walls was made of wood

5-alarm College Park fire causes $39M in damage

Same with my town house here in California (probably due to earthquakes)

 

[beijingwalker]

China and india use a lot of steel in construction of residential properties whereas in us its only used in high rises.

Not as much as 57% of the world total

 

[Mista]

China bashing western and Indian reports are of no value at all, the facts always speak more volume, over 1 million Americans had already died and they are still dying in hundreds every 24 hours from covid non stop, this is how effective their vaccines are. Their vaccines brought their average life expectancy down by 2 years in 2 years.

Lol not just the West or India, even from Singapore to Malaysia to HK reported higher efficacy for Western vaccines than Chinese vaccines in their domestic population, which means factors like healthcare system/Covid restrictions have been accounted for. All fake?

Why is HK's current Covid death rate still >5x of Singapore's despite the fact that both have similar vaccination rate, and while HK still has stricter Covid restrictions? Singapore has already loosen Covid restrictions since last year, and yet HK still has far higher death rate.

Because a large percentage of HKers are inoculated with Sinovac.

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SG:

 

[beijingwalker]

Why is HK's current Covid death rate still >5x of Singapore's despite the fact that both have similar vaccination rate, and while HK still has stricter Covid restrictions? Singapore has already loosen Covid restrictions since last year, and yet HK still has far higher death rate.

Because a large percentage of HKers are inoculated with Sinovac.

Worked perfectly for US and its allies, lol..

 

[Mista]

Worked perfectly for US and its allies, lol..

And I knew you would quote the US like a broken record, and that's why I have bolded domestic population above, which have accounted for different variables such as policy restrictions, vaccination rate, healthcare system etc across different countries:

Lol not just the West or India, even from Singapore to Malaysia to HK reported higher efficacy for Western vaccines than Chinese vaccines in their domestic population, which means factors like healthcare system/Covid restrictions have been accounted for. All fake?

So why is HK's death rate >5x of Singapore's despite much stricter restrictions there? Similar vaccination rate, similar demographic profile, similar healthcare system, similar culture, similar population density.

HK has been tanking their economy for so long to keep out Covid and yet they still severely underperform Singapore in terms of Covid death rates. Why? Is it really because HKers are so much more incompetent than Singaporeans? Or that their population is more susceptible to the virus?

What is the key variable which explains a >5x difference in death rates despite all the similarities we share?

 

[beijingwalker]

And I knew you quote the US, and that's why I have bolded domestic population above, which have accounted for different variables such as policy restrictions, vaccination rate, healthcare system etc across different countries:



So why is HK's death rate >5x of Singapore's despite much stricter restrictions there? Similar vaccination rate, similar demographic profile, similar healthcare system, similar culture, similar population density.

HK has been tanking their economy for so long to keep out Covid and yet they still severely underperform Singapore in terms of Covid death rates. Why? What is the key variable which explains a >5x difference in death rates? Is it really because HKers are so much more incompetent than Singaporeans? Or that their population is more susceptible to the virus?

Hong kong and SIngapore are tiny places which represent nothing in large scale, almost all countries which suffer the highest death rate taking western vaccines and they died like flies, that's how wonderful those vaccines work world wide.

 

[Beast]

And I knew you would quote the US like a broken record, and that's why I have bolded domestic population above, which have accounted for different variables such as policy restrictions, vaccination rate, healthcare system etc across different countries:



So why is HK's death rate >5x of Singapore's despite much stricter restrictions there? Similar vaccination rate, similar demographic profile, similar healthcare system, similar culture, similar population density.

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HK has been tanking their economy for so long to keep out Covid and yet they still severely underperform Singapore in terms of Covid death rates. Why? Is it really because HKers are so much more incompetent than Singaporeans? Or that their population is more susceptible to the virus?

What is the key variable which explains a >5x difference in death rates despite all the similarities we share?

Dont be selective. Why Taiwan has a higher number of covid death too? Taiwan population is not bigger by Singapore 6-7 times...

 

[etylo]

And I knew you would quote the US like a broken record, and that's why I have bolded domestic population above, which have accounted for different variables such as policy restrictions, vaccination rate, healthcare system etc across different countries:



So why is HK's death rate >5x of Singapore's despite much stricter restrictions there? Similar vaccination rate, similar demographic profile, similar healthcare system, similar culture, similar population density.

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HK has been tanking their economy for so long to keep out Covid and yet they still severely underperform Singapore in terms of Covid death rates. Why? Is it really because HKers are so much more incompetent than Singaporeans? Or that their population is more susceptible to the virus?

What is the key variable which explains a >5x difference in death rates despite all the similarities we share?

They are taking the relaxed western approach to deal with the pandemic from the very beginning, I dont know what kind approach does SG take. Also, most people in HK take western vaccines. They are on their own, very different from the rest of China, so they cant blame on China for their handling of the pandemic.

 

[Mista]

Hong kong and SIngapore are tiny places which represent nothing in large scale, almost all countries which suffer the highest death rate taking western vaccines and they died like flies, that's how wonderful those vaccines work world wide.

What a lazy argument. The high death rates in the West especially the US can be explained by their inability to control the spread of the virus back in 2020 and the relatively low vaccination rate due to a large number of dumbass anti-vaxxers in their population.

Right now HK has a similar death rate as the US for the past 3 months despite HK having far higher vaccination rates and stricter Covid rules.

That's why CCP is still clinging on to zero-Covid policy and all the lockdowns. Otherwise it would be even uglier than HK with their ineffective vaccines.

 

[beijingwalker]

The high death rates in the West especially the US can be explained by their inability to control the spread of the virus back in 2020 and the relatively low vaccination rate due to a large number of dumbass anti-vaxxers in their population.

Right now HK has a similar death rate as the US for the past 3 months despite HK having far higher vaccination rates and stricter Covid rules.

Hong kong was also not very efficient in curbing the spread of covid same as US, both are failed states. and why you just look at Hong kong and Singapore, two tiny places which hardly a good size example to study, most higher death rate countries all took western vaccines, isn't that fact clearly enough to show how poorly they work, many Americans got covid for several times.

 

[Beast]

What a lazy argument. The high death rates in the West especially the US can be explained by their inability to control the spread of the virus back in 2020 and the relatively low vaccination rate due to a large number of dumbass anti-vaxxers in their population.

Right now HK has a similar death rate as the US for the past 3 months despite HK having far higher vaccination rates and stricter Covid rules.

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That's why CCP is still clinging on to zero-Covid policy and all the lockdowns. Otherwise it would be even uglier than HK with their ineffective vaccines.

Do US has a higher ageing population or HK? Also why Indonesia now seems like having relative stable and low covid death rate despite using large number of Chinese vaccine.

 

[beijingwalker]

That's why CCP is still clinging on to zero-Covid policy and all the lockdowns. Otherwise it would be even uglier than HK with their ineffective vaccines.

That's a policy issue, now covid is much less lethal than 2 years ago and we have had many drugs for it, but China still chooses not to totally open up. even China opens up now, China won't suffer a doomsday scenario like what happened in US and India, China had already successfully dodge a bullet.

Do US has a higher ageing population or HK? Also why Indonesia now seems like having relative stable and low covid death rate despite using large number of Chinese vaccine.

A new wave is coming in US agian now, hospitals are being overwhelmed with tons of patients.

 

[Mista]

They are taking the relaxed western approach to deal with the pandemic from the very beginning, I dont know what kind approach does SG take. Also, most people in HK take western vaccines. They are on their own, very different from the rest of China, so they cant blame on China for their handling of the pandemic.

SG is definitely more relaxed than HK, you can refer to the GDP growth figures above. HK has been following zero-Covid until Omicron wrecked them earlier this year. In Singapore we have shifted our approach since the Delta variant last year.

Joint article by three SG ministers explaining why we have to shift our Covid strategy, back in June 2021:

Living normally, with Covid-19: Task force ministers on how S'pore is drawing road map for new normal

It involves vaccination, testing, treatment and social responsibility. Read more at straitstimes.com.

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[etylo]

SG is definitely more relaxed than HK, you can refer to the GDP growth figures above. HK has been following zero-Covid until Omicron wrecked them earlier this year. In Singapore we have shifted our approach since the Delta variant last year.

Joint article by three SG ministers explaining why we have to shift our Covid strategy, back in June 2021:

Living normally, with Covid-19: Task force ministers on how S'pore is drawing road map for new normal

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No, HK was not following China's zero covid policy, they were following the western approach to deal with the pandemic, they pretty much allowed unrestricted foreign entrances to the city and thats what brought out the huge out break of the pandemic that they couldn't eventually control, plus they didnt do lock down when there was out break. Thats why there are so many deaths in the city.

 

[beijingwalker]

No, HK was not following China's zero covid policy, they were following the western approach to deal with the pandemic, they pretty much allowed unrestricted foreign entrances to the city and thats what brought out the huge out break of the pandemic that they couldn't eventually control, plus they didnt do lock down when there was out break. Thats why there are so many deaths in the city.

Hong kong, they asked for it