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I just felt that we went through something similar in the past and was hopeful that we should be in a better place to handle this new incident? If not where you

I just felt that we went through something similar in the past and was hopeful that we should be in a better place to handle this new incident? If not where you think we failed and what could we be doing for the next time?

adjkant 7y ago
https://apnews.com/ce014d94b64e98b7203b873e56f80e9a https://apnews.com/ce014d94b64e98b7203b873e56f80e9a
adrianN 7y ago
Look at what Taiwan did. They have fewer than 100 cases, despite close contact to China.
- _-___________-_ 7y ago
  Or you could look at Cambodia. A handful of cases despite very close contact with China (and no travel ban affecting China, whereas Taiwan has one). Comparing cases between countries is completely meaningless, because every country has its own testing regime.
  - adrianN 7y ago
    You seem to imply that Taiwan is not testing people. That is not true.
    - _-___________-_ 7y ago
      You seem to imply that Cambodia is not testing people. I don't think either of us know for sure one way or another. Case numbers (and thus CFR as well) aren't comparable between countries, period. It's not as simple as "testing people" or "not testing people", each country has a different regime. Most countries won't test random asymptomatic people without a reason to do so. Heck, many countries won't even test symptomatic people unless there is a known link to a case.
      - adrianN 7y ago
        I know for sure that Taiwan had an extremely early and extremely thorough response. They started tracking people who traveled to Wuhan by the end of December, when there were hardly any cases there. I have doubts that Cambodia has the systems in place to act similarly, but I'd be happy to hear otherwise.
        _-___________-_ 7y ago
        Oh, I absolutely have doubts as well. But I don't believe any of this affects my point, which is that since the testing regime is different in each country, comparing the number of cases between countries is deeply problematic.
pavelrub 7y ago
How is this even remotely similar? H1N1 killed less people in Italy in a year than coronavirus killed in a single day.

adjkant 7y ago

https://apnews.com/ce014d94b64e98b7203b873e56f80e9a https://apnews.com/ce014d94b64e98b7203b873e56f80e9a

adrianN 7y ago

Look at what Taiwan did. They have fewer than 100 cases, despite close contact to China.

_-___________-_ 7y ago
Or you could look at Cambodia. A handful of cases despite very close contact with China (and no travel ban affecting China, whereas Taiwan has one). Comparing cases between countries is completely meaningless, because every country has its own testing regime.
- adrianN 7y ago
  You seem to imply that Taiwan is not testing people. That is not true.
  - _-___________-_ 7y ago
    You seem to imply that Cambodia is not testing people. I don't think either of us know for sure one way or another. Case numbers (and thus CFR as well) aren't comparable between countries, period. It's not as simple as "testing people" or "not testing people", each country has a different regime. Most countries won't test random asymptomatic people without a reason to do so. Heck, many countries won't even test symptomatic people unless there is a known link to a case.
    - adrianN 7y ago
      I know for sure that Taiwan had an extremely early and extremely thorough response. They started tracking people who traveled to Wuhan by the end of December, when there were hardly any cases there. I have doubts that Cambodia has the systems in place to act similarly, but I'd be happy to hear otherwise.
      - _-___________-_ 7y ago
        Oh, I absolutely have doubts as well. But I don't believe any of this affects my point, which is that since the testing regime is different in each country, comparing the number of cases between countries is deeply problematic.

pavelrub 7y ago

How is this even remotely similar? H1N1 killed less people in Italy in a year than coronavirus killed in a single day.