William C. Kirby is the T.M. Chang Professor of China Studies and the Spangler Family Professor of Business Administration at Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Science. 2022 Jun 3;376(6597):1026. doi: 10.1126/science.add1891. Epub 2022 Jun 2.
There is no such thing as "zero-COVID." As the Omicron variant spreads to China's capital city, Beijing, the question is not if, but when and how, China will begin to "live with COVID-19" rather than continue to impose endless lockdowns. The problem is that under China's stifling political climate, this notion cannot be uttered, let alone debated. How did a country with a history of deep respect for science and a laser focus on becoming a global powerhouse in technology and innovation fall into such isolation from the rest of the world?
没有“零新冠”这回事。随着奥密克戎变异株在中国首都北京的传播，问题不是中国是否会开始“与新冠共存”，而是何时以及如何开始，而不是继续实施无休止的封锁。问题在于，在中国令人窒息的政治氛围下，这个概念不能被提及，更遑论争论。一个历史上深以科学为尊、专注于成为科技和创新全球强国的国家，怎么会与世界其他国家如此隔绝？
