> The "world" didn't "choose", because different parts of the world responded to the pandemic radically differently. To play devil's advocate though, there is

> The "world" didn't "choose", because different parts of the world responded to the pandemic radically differently. To play devil's advocate though, there is a certain degree of "peer pressure" that countries can put against other countries to "encourage" a different response. Travel bans and negative press alone are enough to pressure countries reliant on tourism to respond differently than they normally would have. Also the examples you listed are mostly island nations, USA and EU have basically open uncontrolled borders between members of the union so it's very hard to control migratory spreading.