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A lot of it might just be preparation. Not only "run-books" and hardware, but also wetware. I don't know for sure, but I'd guess those places have a lot more hu

A lot of it might just be preparation. Not only "run-books" and hardware, but also wetware. I don't know for sure, but I'd guess those places have a lot more humans per case investigating-network-affects/supporting quarantine. US seems to just be working on getting hardware ramped up. I haven't heard anything about tracing case histories to quarantine contacts. My impression is that like Taiwan didn't even shut down schools. They just locked down boarders and aggressively quarantined the infected.

yibg 7y ago
That’s my impression for Taiwan as well. Life there seems to be more or less normal and the virus also seems to be contained. The measures are focused on fast and pervasive testing, contact tracing and specific isolation rather than blanket social distancing. I’m not knowledgeable enough to say either way but is there a reason that model doesn’t work in the US or Europe?