I am reminded of Switzerland before WWII. They read the German newspapers and listened to German radio and were well attuned to the Nazi threat. By making Switz

I am reminded of Switzerland before WWII. They read the German newspapers and listened to German radio and were well attuned to the Nazi threat. By making Switzerland too tough a nut to crack, they prevented invasion: something no other bordering state accomplished. Taiwan is in a similar situation with the colossus next door. The disease threat from China is well understood in Taiwan and they took effective measures with the first rumblings from Wuhan. Masks and partitions were mandated and supplied. Suspected contacts were put up in hotels to prevent familial transmission. The quarantined people were supplied with food and a stipend and visited frequently to ensure their needs were taken care of. The CDC had attachés stationed in the US embassy in Beijing until Trump cut their budget. Canada had a respected emergent disease monitoring service that got neutered by being put under the thumb of bureaucrats.