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It could be that pervasive vaccine skepticism is something culturally specific to the (older) Han Chinese. Taiwan is also reporting vaccination rates below 80% among the elderly.

That being said... imagine if BA.1 and BA.2 had been named after the preceding greek letters of Nu and Xi instead of Omicron.

"After sweeping through Hong Kong, Xi ravages China".