In my social group, two young women in their twenties with no symptoms now have long-term heart problems. Another friend has "Covid headaches" and forgets what she's talking about in mid-conversation. While another friend's seven-year-old collapsed at school from Covid, and a pregnant friend who works in the ER asked to be placed in the Covid-clear unit, but her manager denied her request. She quit.

Sadly, all my friends who work with children have had Covid and now have ongoing health problems, yet we laugh at China for a Covid-zero policy? We're the joke.