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Presumably the "other nations" are the tiny island nations (New Zealand, Singapore) who implemented extremely strict measures to re-open sooner. An extremely u
by buzzert 6y ago
Presumably the "other nations" are the tiny island nations (New Zealand, Singapore) who implemented extremely strict measures to re-open sooner.
An extremely unfair comparison, in my opinion, considering the population difference, physical location, and trade obligations of the US and other countries in the EU.
- bvanderveen 6y agoMy thoughts exactly.
- kaishiro 6y agoIs Australia a "tiny island nation"?
- Sophistifunk 6y agoPretty much, we just happen to be on a big (empty) island.
- kaishiro 6y agoAfter having lived through the lockdown in Melbourne myself, I think it's pretty unfair to the people here to suggest that the reason the cases are so low is because it's just "a big empty island", and not the result of the fairly hard lockdown that the people here had to endure.
- sitkack 6y agoThink of the Wallabys!
- CRConrad 6y agoThe GP didn't say it was because Australia is geographically large, it said it was because Australia is geographically isolated and population-wise comparatively “tiny”.
- Sophistifunk 6y agoProbably a coincidence that overzealous governments are locking people down the world over and it's only working in AU/NZ then.
- buzzert 6y agoYes. The population of Australia is about the same as the greater Los Angeles metro area (25.36 million vs. 23.86 million)
- kaishiro 6y agoI'm still unclear as to what you're asserting. Is it that the US was destined to fair this abysmally due to their special mix of circumstances?
- tomjakubowski 6y agowhat does a country's population size have to do with it? if you mean density is a factor, that's surely only true at a local scale (cities with lots of people mixing every day, crowding into subways, elevators, and cramped factories), and not averaged over a vast area such as a country? Australia has cities as dense and populated as US cities, and with a few exceptions (eg SF) the American ones suffered much worse outbreaks.
- TaylorAlexander 6y agoVietnam is a better example. A country of 95 million people sharing a land border with others, but they’ve had just 35 reported covid deaths in total. https://www.newsroom.co.nz/ideasroom/vietnams-showcase-covid-response https://www.newsroom.co.nz/ideasroom/vietnams-showcase-covid...