haxxiy on 23 October 2022
^ I wouldn't have much hope since Li Qiang, the Xi ally party secretary of Shanghai who oversaw their, erm, questionable Covid approach, is now the second-ranked member in the Standing Committee and almost certain to be the next premier.
The BA.5 autumn wave in Europe seems to have crested, but the variant soup will come to dominate only at the end of this month, so who knows if this will be a double crest. Worth watching out for France where BQ.1.1 is >50% cases already. Singapore seems to have peaked with XBB and everyone should be rooting for it since it's very likely it's intrinsically milder than BA.5 derivatives like BQ.
