I was just looking at the Covid stats for New Zealand, another country that prided itself on its severe lockdown mandates. For month after month, they had fewer than ten new cases a day. In recent days, they’ve been having more than 20,000 a day. Like the old commercial said, “Pay me now, or pay me later.”
Sounds like ADE has set in.
Addendum: South Korea, too, won praise for its high vaccination rates and effective protocols. During the height of the pre-vaccine days, and for months after, they never topped 1,050 new cases a day, usually far less. In March, they’ve been averaging well over 200,000 new cases a day, and topped 400,000 today.