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I have a hard time coming up with examples of countries that handled the pandemic very well, so I would think that it's less dependent on the administration tha

• s5300 5y ago
  I think like, Vietnam and South Korea did exceptionally well? Think Vietnam eventually started getting hit though because of other countries lack of handling things, tourism, and the general fact that they're not by any means a rich country. So, they did surprisingly well given what they had, but eventually got dragged down by the rest of the bullshitters. This is all off the top of my head in remembering things though, may be incorrect.
• jmnicolas 5y ago
  To the best of my knowledge Belorussia did absolutely nothing and didn't have a massive death wave. And before you tell me it's a dictatorship so they have hidden the true numbers, I'm pretty sure if it had been the case it would have been at the forefront of the protests last year. I know it's an unpopular opinion, but I do think COVID fear has been massively overblown.
  • pope_meat 5y ago
    Running an authoritarian regime in a former Soviet satellite is a decent way to ensure you don't get too many international travelers. That would be my guess for why they might have dodged the brunt of the pandemic.