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Your Asia versus West comparison doesn't hold up, because these the countries in those groups are not doing the same things. For example "Asia": Taiwan? or Tha
by noja 7y ago
Your Asia versus West comparison doesn't hold up, because these the countries in those groups are not doing the same things.
For example "Asia": Taiwan? or Thailand? Both have very different approaches.
"West": the US? Or Italy? Same again.
- alexmingoia 7y agoWhen I wrote this I was thinking of China, Singapore, South Korea, Myanmar vs. USA, UK, Netherlands since those are places where I have contacts. A few weeks ago I was told that flying into Amsterdam there were no temperature checks. Same with flying today around US. Singapore was doing that months ago...
- pmachinery 7y ago> A few weeks ago I was told that flying into Amsterdam there were no temperature checks. Same with flying today around US. Singapore was doing that months ago... I don't know who is handling this better, but Singapore also has people press on visibly filthy thumb scanners at immigration with no hand sanitiser to use afterwards (likewise other airports), bowls of candies for thousands of daily passengers to freely dip their sweaty hands into, and how do you rate this touchscreens in toilets, which seems like a terrible idea at any time.
- bjornsing 7y agoYou can add Sweden to the western list, probably as an extreme case. Some regions are not even testing for the virus except in really ill people and healthcare workers. One region says it’s still testing but that it will no longer publish the numbers. We’re still a week or two behind Italy, but my feeling is it could get ugly...