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Outside of the US and Brazil, I have been really impressed by the ability of people to come together and deal with a massive collective action problem. If anyt

Outside of the US and Brazil, I have been really impressed by the ability of people to come together and deal with a massive collective action problem. If anything, it has shown that people have the capacity to pull together when they need to.

dehrmann 6y ago
> Outside of the US and Brazil Have you seen how things are looking in the UK, France, and Spain right now?
- bjelkeman-again 6y ago
  Or India. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/india-is-in-denial-about-the-covid-19-crisis/ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/india-is-in-denia...
  - dehrmann 6y ago
    I forgot about India. Its lockdown was thought through very poorly and made the spread worse.
    - mercer 6y ago
      To be fair, it's much more difficult to have an effective lockdown a country that has people tightly packed together and that isn't a WEIRD individualistic society.
- collyw 6y ago
  Lots of cases here in Spain but hospitals are generally coping fine (with Madrid being a bit of an exception at present in that hospital numbers are rising as well, but are currently manageable).