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I would've thought that the closer personal contact in Southern Europe (hugging/kissing for greetings) would spread it faster. But if you look at infection rate
by dx034 7y ago
I would've thought that the closer personal contact in Southern Europe (hugging/kissing for greetings) would spread it faster. But if you look at infection rates, most more Northern countries now look pretty similar to how it spread in Italy 1-2 weeks ago. So not sure if culture actually plays a role.
I guess it's all down to the economy, business travel spread it a lot. that's why areas with strong economies seem to be affected more than others (at least in Spain, Italy and Germany). Banning travel could work quite effectively for that.
- Dahoon 7y ago>that's why areas with strong economies seem to be affected more than others (at least in Spain, Italy and Germany) Are you saying Spain and Italy has strong economies?
- arethuza 7y agoBy GDP Italy is #8 and Spain is #13
- dx034 7y agoI said the strong parts of each country were most affected. Not saying economically strong countries more than weaker countries but stronger regions more than weaker regions. For Italy it's the North, for Germany South & West, for Spain the regions around Barcelona & Madrid. In each case, they were hit hardest. I don't believe that this is coincidence. There are other factors, like wealth leading to more travel and general, as well as population density. But interconnection by economic activity looks to me like a major factor.
- rimliu 7y agoAFAIK (correct me if I am wrong), but must cases in DK, NO, SE are still brought back from Italy.