I don't know the best forum for suggesting something like this without sounding like a monster, but to play devil's advocate for a moment: What do the SE Asian

I don't know the best forum for suggesting something like this without sounding like a monster, but to play devil's advocate for a moment: What do the SE Asian countries that responded well to Covid-19 have in common? A: They were more severely impacted by outbreaks of other influenza/coronavirus diseases in the last 20 years. Is there any benefit to a population having had experience responding to outbreak occasionally so they have the ability to respond in situations like we find ourselves now? There are physicians working who've never actually encountered outbreaks of contagions before. There are politicians who have no clue what it means to lead in a time of contagion. Is it possible that in our pursuit of avoiding suffering in the near-term we set ourselves up for more and greater suffering in the future? Please, for the love of god, vaccinate yourself and encourage your loved ones to be vaccinated. And now I await the flood of downvotes because I dared to bring up an untouchable discussion point on hacker news.