In our continued series on China post-Zero Covid, Dr. Scott Kennedy recounts the revelations from his six weeks in Beijing and Shanghai in late 2022, and reflects on what has transpired \u2013 societally, politically, medically -- since President Xi suddenly threw off the Zero-Covid controls in early December.\xa0\xa0What is the \u201ctoll\u201d for not preparing for the colossal speak of Covid? What to make of a \u201ccrisis of confidence\u201d that the government has to face, that is going to \u201churt?\u201d What can we expect in the spring in terms of \u201cnormalization?\u2019