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South Korea seems like a bad example, because they had twice as many Covid cases as China with less than a twentieth the population. Actually, it looks like eve
by makomk 5y ago
South Korea seems like a bad example, because they had twice as many Covid cases as China with less than a twentieth the population. Actually, it looks like even New Zealand has reported substantially more Covid cases per capita than China, and they're literally an island a thousand miles away from anywhere else. China's low case numbers really are remarkable.
- aliasEli 5y agoSouth Korea did well at the early phases of the epidemic[0]. The problem now is that they don't have enough vaccines[1]. China used some draconian measures to achieve their results. [0] https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/south-korea/ https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/south-kore... [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_vaccination_in_South_Korea https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_vaccination_in_South_...