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Notably, there's a big difference between South Korea - which seems to largely have largely gotten the epidemic under control, and Italy where it seems to be to

Notably, there's a big difference between South Korea - which seems to largely have largely gotten the epidemic under control, and Italy where it seems to be totally out of control despite a severe lockdown. Whats a key difference between South Korea and Italy? Widespread use of face masks.

Hamuko 7y ago
>Whats a key difference between South Korea and Italy? Widespread use of face masks. Gonna wager a guess that there are vast amount of differences between South Korea and Italy that could affect the spread of a virus.
- barry-cotter 7y ago
  Indeed. Italy has among the highest rates of working adults living with their parents in the world for one.
  - why-oh-why 7y ago
    And South Korea has the highest rate of soju drinkers. If you’re gonna pull a statistic out of a shadowy place, at least explain its link to the question. (For the record South Koreans drink twice as much alcohol as Italians) https://www.who.int/substance_abuse/publications/global_alcohol_report/msb_gsr_2014_3.pdf https://www.who.int/substance_abuse/publications/global_alco...
    - barry-cotter 7y ago
      People were going to work in Italy in non-essential industries until recently. Those workers went home to their aged parents. Countries with lower rates of working aged adults living with the elderly are likely to have higher infection rates of a particularly vulnerable age group than those where such living situations are less common.
  - Reason077 7y ago
    That’s a very good point. There must be multiple social and environmental factors that have contributed to Italy being hit so hard (age of population, high rates of smoking and high levels of air pollution have also been suggested), but that could well be one of them.
mailarchis 7y ago
No. It's early testing and quarantine at scale

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Notably, there's a big difference between South Korea - which seems to largely have largely gotten the epidemic under control, and Italy where it seems to be to

by Reason077 7y ago

Hamuko 7y ago
>Whats a key difference between South Korea and Italy? Widespread use of face masks. Gonna wager a guess that there are vast amount of differences between South Korea and Italy that could affect the spread of a virus.
- barry-cotter 7y ago
  Indeed. Italy has among the highest rates of working adults living with their parents in the world for one.
  - why-oh-why 7y ago
    And South Korea has the highest rate of soju drinkers. If you’re gonna pull a statistic out of a shadowy place, at least explain its link to the question. (For the record South Koreans drink twice as much alcohol as Italians) https://www.who.int/substance_abuse/publications/global_alcohol_report/msb_gsr_2014_3.pdf https://www.who.int/substance_abuse/publications/global_alco...
    - barry-cotter 7y ago
      People were going to work in Italy in non-essential industries until recently. Those workers went home to their aged parents. Countries with lower rates of working aged adults living with the elderly are likely to have higher infection rates of a particularly vulnerable age group than those where such living situations are less common.
  - Reason077 7y ago
    That’s a very good point. There must be multiple social and environmental factors that have contributed to Italy being hit so hard (age of population, high rates of smoking and high levels of air pollution have also been suggested), but that could well be one of them.
mailarchis 7y ago
No. It's early testing and quarantine at scale