I'm not OP but... I don't think he's trying to point out a cold hard fact as much as a trend. Australia has a right wing popularist government but has coped w

I'm not OP but... I don't think he's trying to point out a cold hard fact as much as a trend. Australia has a right wing popularist government but has coped well. Urban areas would always be worst hit, it's a communicable disease. So there will never be a cold hard law to this.