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None of Thailand, Vietnam and Mongolia are islands and their handling of covid is world class compared to parts of Europe and the US. These countries are also
by octodog 5y ago
None of Thailand, Vietnam and Mongolia are islands and their handling of covid is world class compared to parts of Europe and the US.
These countries are also far poorer and in the case of Thailand especially that has been a major contributing factor, as they've been less able to afford closing their country to tourism.
- jryle70 5y agoBoth Thailand and Vietnam have been devastated economically, and even with various levels of lockdown both country is currently experiencing the highest number of cases since the beginning of the pandemic. Also, the vaccinated population in either country is at low single digit percentage, so no end in sight for the harsh measures. Compare that to the US or Europe where 50% of population is (partially) vaccinated and, as the result, gradually reopen.
- sellyme 5y ago> even with various levels of lockdown both country is currently experiencing the highest number of cases since the beginning of the pandemic. "highest number of cases" here meaning between 1 and 2 cases per million people per day. For context, the United States is currently at its lowest daily case count since June last year, which is slightly above 100 cases per million people per day. "Even with various levels of lockdown both countries have 1-2% of the case count of countries that didn't treat this seriously" isn't quite as dramatic of a statement though I guess. (all figures using the typical 7 day rolling average and data available from Mackuba)