This is what happens once one stops counting the "cases" and only deals with those actually sick.

It suddenly then turns out, that everyone and a dog bears gazillions of viruses (e.g. herpes), but very few actually get sick due to them.

Chinese stopped counting "cases of covid", and since actual number of sick remained well within the seasonal flu average, there is no reason for them to apply any "measures" to contain the "pandemic".

That simple.

PS: Which still allow their government to grow a nation-wide tracking technology one step further - leveraging "WeChat"

CCP celebrates Gregorian New Years knowing that they'll soon have the keys to the castle in the USA. Look around - closures and mask-Karens all over the place. May as well call it what it really is - we're Weimar and this is the Bolsheviks at the gate.