> South Korea and Vietnam don't have super strict lockdowns or quarantines. Instead, they wear masks indoors and have effective contact tracing. > reverse cont

> South Korea and Vietnam don't have super strict lockdowns or quarantines. Instead, they wear masks indoors and have effective contact tracing. > reverse contact tracing is even more effective Yes, but in some cultures that type of measures is seen as running against the idea of "freedom", however they choose to define it. This is the root cause. It's a cultural thing, a set of shared ideas. Turns out, when you're dealing with a nanoscale replicator that only operates on statistics, individuals and their "freedom" are irrelevant. What really matters is how the collective strategy is shaped.