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Taiwan didn't have a lockdown. I was there from the very start of the pandemic until a couple of weeks ago and other than having to wear a mask in public, the i
by AlchemistCamp 5y ago
Taiwan didn't have a lockdown. I was there from the very start of the pandemic until a couple of weeks ago and other than having to wear a mask in public, the impact was comparatively minor. Restaurants had a brief period of enforced distance between seats but never closed. Night clubs closed briefly last summer.
Local businesses in most other places of the world were hit far harder.
- alephnan 5y agoAlso, most of the cases in Taiwan were imported from Taiwanese Americans who returned from overseas schools. Then ofcourse the famous pilot from China. Taiwanese people have always been comfortable with face masks because of being on scooters and the dust.
- zht 5y agothey were a China Airlines pilot (i.e. the Taiwan carrier), no?
- ui4jd73bdj 5y agoDefinitely hit harder. However, whiöe there was no official lockdown people in Taiwan voluntarily "lockdowned" last summer when they had an outbreak. It hit many local businesses hard and there was no support from the government unlike many western countries that supported businesses that were affected. The duration wasn't super long so the damage was bearable. This is anec data from my friends car repair shop that was affected(no customers for weeks)