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Literally no country has tested 1 million people, let alone millions.

acqq 7y ago
> no country has tested 1 million people Well, the country prepared for epidemics just didn't have to test one million people, but still kept it under control: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/how-south-korea-flattened-its-coronavirus-curve-n1167376 https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/how-south-korea-flattened... They were indeed able to use their tests more efficiently than any other country, and to really do a lot of tests compared to any other country: https://www.cdc.go.kr/board/board.es?mid=a30402000000&bid=0030&act=view&list_no=366633&tag=&nPage=1 https://www.cdc.go.kr/board/board.es?mid=a30402000000&bid=00... 348,582 tests up to now.
- MikeAmelung 7y ago
  Yes, they appear to have done a phenomenal job. Hopefully the rest of the world can learn from some of the things they've done.
  - chasd00 7y ago
    that's the important thing, take what worked, learn from it, and don't make the same mistakes again.
- rstupek 7y ago
  Wouldn't it also help that South Korea is 1/7th the size of Texas so it's a little easier to test everyone? It also helped one company mass produced tests
  - acqq 7y ago
    It's about priorities. The US spends 15 times more money for military than South Korea but is still not able to comparably protect itself from a single epidemics. Instead, the U.S. citizens get what I've cited in another message here: "It will magically go away." I wouldn't be so angry if that attitude haven't been contagious -- a lot of leaders of the U.S. NATO partners simply "followed the leader" and continued to sell similar story to their own countries. Now the whole world is where it is.
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  - mcculley 7y ago
    The US benefits from economies of scale. We just choose not to implement public health infrastructure.
  - rovolo 7y ago
    South Korea has twice the population of Texas (51.7M vs 19M). Alaska is twice as big as Texas, is it harder to test everyone in Alaska than Texas?

acqq 7y ago

> no country has tested 1 million people Well, the country prepared for epidemics just didn't have to test one million people, but still kept it under control: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/how-south-korea-flattened-its-coronavirus-curve-n1167376 https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/how-south-korea-flattened... They were indeed able to use their tests more efficiently than any other country, and to really do a lot of tests compared to any other country: https://www.cdc.go.kr/board/board.es?mid=a30402000000&bid=0030&act=view&list_no=366633&tag=&nPage=1 https://www.cdc.go.kr/board/board.es?mid=a30402000000&bid=00... 348,582 tests up to now.

MikeAmelung 7y ago
Yes, they appear to have done a phenomenal job. Hopefully the rest of the world can learn from some of the things they've done.
- chasd00 7y ago
  that's the important thing, take what worked, learn from it, and don't make the same mistakes again.
rstupek 7y ago
Wouldn't it also help that South Korea is 1/7th the size of Texas so it's a little easier to test everyone? It also helped one company mass produced tests
- acqq 7y ago
  It's about priorities. The US spends 15 times more money for military than South Korea but is still not able to comparably protect itself from a single epidemics. Instead, the U.S. citizens get what I've cited in another message here: "It will magically go away." I wouldn't be so angry if that attitude haven't been contagious -- a lot of leaders of the U.S. NATO partners simply "followed the leader" and continued to sell similar story to their own countries. Now the whole world is where it is.
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- mcculley 7y ago
  The US benefits from economies of scale. We just choose not to implement public health infrastructure.
- rovolo 7y ago
  South Korea has twice the population of Texas (51.7M vs 19M). Alaska is twice as big as Texas, is it harder to test everyone in Alaska than Texas?