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Sincere congratulations, living in the US I think it's inspiring to see all the countries with incredible (and relatively equally distributed) health outcomes a
by ahepp 6y ago
Sincere congratulations, living in the US I think it's inspiring to see all the countries with incredible (and relatively equally distributed) health outcomes at costs that society can bear.
That said, I want people from island countries to stop saying "being an island country has nothing to do with it", when all evidence and logic says being an island country has a lot to do with it.
I'll happily take criticism from Vietnam, even if I think it's of questionable utility to say "you just did it wrong" when the overwhelming majority of countries seem to have "done it wrong"
- trickstra 6y agoYes, overwhelming majority can easily be wrong. That's not surprising. And islands still have to watch for random boats from any direction. Right now in Vietnam there is a little outbreak where a group of Vietnamese nationals illegally crossed the border by a fishing boat from Cambodia to Phu Quoc island, trying to avoid the mandatory two-week quarantine. Then they boarded a plane, arrived at their homeland and tested positive. Immediately their steps were traced by police, whole Phu Quoc is under a mask mandate, 3 levels of contacts are tested and in quarantine. It really isn't about being an island. That's a myth, you've been lied to. If you want an example closer to your home, look how hard it is to seal a land border with Mexico. They actually cross by rivers, so water makes it easier.