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Politically speaking, why have Australia, New Zealand & South Korea been so successful at containing COVID-19?
Did their ways of handling the virus hold lessons for what the USA might want to do next time we face a health threat like this one? If so - what?
Note to "Lil Charlie" - I'm not eager at all to "give up freedom," but I want even less to give up my life. I'm 71 and my long-time partner Emilie is older than that, and we're both in a demographic that's at higher risk of getting this virus. My youngest niece also spent a rough 3 weeks recovering from COVID-19, and I hope none of my other family memers has to repeat her experience. Thanks for asking. :-)
8 Answers
- 11 months ago
Some countries used hydroxychloroquine as part of their treatment package.
So, why is it opposed so widely in the US?
<The success of Hydroxychloroquine as a treatment in Italy, India, Bahrain, France, Costa Rica, South Korea, China, South Dakota, etc>
- Anonymous11 months ago
They've more cohesive and obedient citizens.
Also they have fewer jurisdictions so public health messaging is more consistent and unified.
They also have more trust is government and science than Americans.
- Anonymous11 months ago
Because their leaders are not morons.
- Spock (rhp)Lv 711 months ago
early lockdown plus lots and lots of contract tracing. Australia, for example, found 18 CV19 cases in schools and successfully traced those to 863 contacts, all of whom where then tested.
in the US, Connecticut gave up contact tracing when the number exceeded 400 -- they simply do not have the people to do that much.
I have seen no organized effort at any level of US government to do contact tracing to that degree ... and the numbers of infected are now far larger than they were when CT failed to trace contacts.
inevitable conclusion -- US states have no intention to do serious contact tracing. you are on your own. if you get CV19 because they can't alert you, or even find contagious individuals to get them to isolate ... well, you're just a statistic, aren't you?
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- Anonymous11 months ago
They (mostly) worked together in cooperation and good will to minimize the spread. There weren't large segments of the population wallowing in paranoia and resentment, acting in spiteful contrariness to undermine public health.
- Anonymous11 months ago
They stopped flights from China very quickly.
- Anonymous11 months ago
South Korea is not afraid to lock yourass up along with anyone else you came in contact with...so there is that...did you not give up enough freedom this time?
- JoJo PotatoesLv 711 months ago
Australia and New Zealand were in summer when the pandemic hit, and they are also fairly sparsely populated countries - social distancing was easy for them.
South Korea wears masks and ****.
