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Geography is part of it too. Some countries are densely populated, and some aren't. And echoing the comment about behaviour, the difference between the culture

Geography is part of it too. Some countries are densely populated, and some aren't. And echoing the comment about behaviour, the difference between the culture of say, Norway and Britain, is vast in some respects. Or even the likes of Germany and Italy, which are neighbours.

account42 6y ago
> Germany and Italy, which are neighbours. I think Austria and Switzerland would like to have a word with you.
- dynamite-ready 6y ago
  Yes. You're right. But if you travel to North Italy in the summer, you see so many cars with German license plates, you wonder about the geography! I stand, corrected.
shafyy 6y ago
There's even big differences on Covid death rates within Switzerland's German-speaking, Italian-speaking, and French-speaking regions. Much higher death rates in the Italian and French parts than the German part [0]. One explanation could be different cultures, or just geographical proxomit to Italy and France that were harder hit than Germany and Austria. This would also explain that Germany has higher rates in states that are close to the French border. 0: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Switzerland https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Switzerla...
NorwegianDude 6y ago
It's not strongly related to any of those things. The situation would be very bad in Norway/Denmark too if we didn't react like we did. Compared to both Sweden and Britain, Norway reacted quicker and harder, with way more testing than most other countries. As it got out of hand, even more restrictions like shutting down a lot of business types, public transportation, schools and travel was added. Working from home was also recommended and used by basically everyone who could. Long after this happened in Norway, things where mostly as usual in both Sweden and Britain, despite the number of infections climbing fast.
new2628 6y ago
> Germany and Italy, which are neighbours. This is new to me :) Your point stands of course..
- dynamite-ready 6y ago
  Yeah. I shouldn't be using experiential or anecdotal evidence to inform my understanding of geographic borders! System 1 thinking in action.

account42 6y ago

> Germany and Italy, which are neighbours. I think Austria and Switzerland would like to have a word with you.

dynamite-ready 6y ago
Yes. You're right. But if you travel to North Italy in the summer, you see so many cars with German license plates, you wonder about the geography! I stand, corrected.

shafyy 6y ago

There's even big differences on Covid death rates within Switzerland's German-speaking, Italian-speaking, and French-speaking regions. Much higher death rates in the Italian and French parts than the German part [0]. One explanation could be different cultures, or just geographical proxomit to Italy and France that were harder hit than Germany and Austria. This would also explain that Germany has higher rates in states that are close to the French border. 0: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Switzerland https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Switzerla...

NorwegianDude 6y ago

It's not strongly related to any of those things. The situation would be very bad in Norway/Denmark too if we didn't react like we did. Compared to both Sweden and Britain, Norway reacted quicker and harder, with way more testing than most other countries. As it got out of hand, even more restrictions like shutting down a lot of business types, public transportation, schools and travel was added. Working from home was also recommended and used by basically everyone who could. Long after this happened in Norway, things where mostly as usual in both Sweden and Britain, despite the number of infections climbing fast.

new2628 6y ago

> Germany and Italy, which are neighbours. This is new to me :) Your point stands of course..

dynamite-ready 6y ago
Yeah. I shouldn't be using experiential or anecdotal evidence to inform my understanding of geographic borders! System 1 thinking in action.