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Here's a list.  I'm going to use Pfizer for illustrative purposes, but you are welcome to substitute the medical source of your choice.

1.  Not enough effective vaccines.  The chinese vaccine Sinovac is rumored to be only about 60% up to par.  Even Pfizer required 4 shots so far.  331.9 Million in the U.S.  1.412 Billion in China.  Pfizer manufactures more than 200 million doses of Pfizer vaccines annually, but recently claimed "because of our manufacturing enhancements, we are now confident we can deliver 2.5 billion vaccines in 2021."  But that does't mean that Chinese companies can do the same, and there's already rumblings about "greedy western companies" seeking to squeeze the chinese workers.  The average salary in China is about 13K (compared to $69K in the US).  Although Chinese health care is technically "free", it's only "free" if you have Public or Private healthcare insurance.  If neither, you have to pay up front, and you can imagine the level of care you might receive..  https://focus.cbbc.org/how-chinas-healthcare-system-actually-works/#.Y5EzWC-B1QI
2.  Pfizer will charge $110 to $130 for a dose of its COVID-19 vaccine once the U.S. government stops buying the shots.  Do the math.
3.  Not everywhere in China has a CVS (medical infrastructure) nearby to even administer the vaccine.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/core/lw/2.0/html/tileshop_pmc/tileshop_pmc_inline.html?title=Click%20on%20image%20to%20zoom&p=PMC3&id=9635316_gr2_lrg.jpg
4.  Potential for social unrest (someone mentioned elderly at risk and Chinese culture is very attuned to the elderly, although this is changing recently).
5.  Overwhelming of the health care system.  China has about 3.6 ICU beds for every 100,000 citizens, compared to 25.8 - 33.9 in the U.S. 
6.  Risk of disease from body disposal (think India-style mass funeral pyres to burn the dead).  Cremation is 4,500 rmb and burial about 10x that, assuming the family medical bills didn't wipe the family out first.
7.  Something that no one has yet mentioned.  The potential for virus mutation.  While this may not be a primary concern of the Chinese Government, it should be.  Remember how many covid variants are out in the World now?  Add another 18.5% new unvaccinated or less effective vaccination efficacy infection targets.  The US has about 94 people per square mile, but China has 397 (about four times that).  We saw how fast covid spread in the US, but China?
8.  General lack of sick leave, highly variable sanitary standards, etc. that compound the severity of illnesses.

I could go on, but I think you get the gist?[/quote]

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