Covid-2019 - 2022-04-15

Tiny S. Korea is second in the world league-table for new daily cases, yet it downgraded Covid as a threat and is removing restrictions. Meanwhile, giant China is fifth, and is doing the opposite. The severity of the attack-rate of Covid in China can be seen clearly on page 5: it's something the world hasn't seen anywhere for two years. Late to the game, what will China's fear and pride permit it to do to keep its economy open?