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Is it a coincidence that all the countries you listed are more or less islands?
by postalrat 6y ago
Is it a coincidence that all the countries you listed are more or less islands?
- claudeganon 6y agoSouth Korea is an island? That’s news to me. Their major COVID outbreak started about the same time as our’s. See also Vietnam. And they both share a border with China. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Vietnam https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Vietnam
- SpicyLemonZest 6y agoSouth Korea does not share a border with China.
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- dctoedt 6y agoSouth Korea's only land border is with North Korea. The GP was correct that (in this context) for practical purposes South Korea is an "island" because there's relatively little land travel between North- and South Korea. Map: https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?ie=UTF8&hl=en&source=embed&msa=0&ll=35.9302740559874%2C129.32957000000002&spn=4.443673%2C9.831391&mid=1Bu81fI2lSAp-feL9JbPvY6gw3eI&z=7 https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?ie=UTF8&hl=en&source=em...
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- lostmsu 6y agoCompare the daily new cases graph in Switzerland with the US one...
- maxerickson 6y agoSeems like USA should at least be able to par with Canada if border geography is a super important factor.