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> Firstly, why would someone laugh? Well, we see people and even political groups laughing at the idea of a virus outbreak that kills 100k even today, isn't it
by rualca 5y ago
> Firstly, why would someone laugh?
Well, we see people and even political groups laughing at the idea of a virus outbreak that kills 100k even today, isn't it?
Now picture it without the benefit of hindsight.
Why did western society failed so hard at containing the virus when countries like South Korea were already leading by example at the start of Q1 2020.
- makomk 5y agoA few people, sure, but for the most part what I've seen people attacking is the idea that the Covid pandemic is some kind of unique crisis that demands an aggressive response. Also, South Korea has very much not contained Covid. They've relied on fairly strict social distancing measures to stop cases outright going exponential, but those cases are still there and all indications are that an increasing proportion of infections have been going undetected since the start of the pandemic. (There's no way of knowing the exact number because they don't seem to have any program to measure the actual infection rate, unlike some other countries, and their level of testing is frankly pretty poor compared to the western world these days.) Those measures are also no longer sufficient, with cases reaching new record highs most days for the last week or so.