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A big part of the answer is in the article: SK have tested 5 times more people so picked up more mild cases in their stats

• 3JPLW 7y ago
  Yeah, but they've also been able to significantly slow the spread, growing at what looks to be closer to 10% day-over-day (doubling every week). Most everywhere else is seeing 25-35% (doubling every 2-3 days).
  • xorfish 7y ago
    New cases in SK are on a downward trend for around 10 days now. They achieved a reproduction value that is quite a bit below for at least the last 3 weeks.
  • kaitai 7y ago
    These go hand in hand. In the US we cannot slow the spread because we refuse to test anyone who doesn't need acute care or who doesn't have documented contact with travelers or foreign nationals. The research from Helen Chu's lab at University of Washington shows that this means we missed the start of community transmission entirely in Washington. Here, there are health care workers who can't get a test! They deal with people with significant health problems every day and could be spreading it all over -- but because they didn't travel, they can't get a test.
    • mjevans 7y ago
      The massive shortage of tests doesn't help either. There's plenty of blame, but I'd assign most of it to US politics.