Yes, its very sad. Covid Zero policy was out of touch, that itself caused grief, breaking doors in to take people to get tests, locked down elders dying fir other issues, then while it would be sensible to relax precautions, they never did what everywhere else did, get vaccinations up so that a release of restrictions can work. In NZ, having done the right things in the right order, we still have Covid sick day issues, with the strain on the health system (although thats been an issue of decades), and supply issues. Had China got the vaxxes where they needed to be, then their issues would be like everywhere else, manageable.