Honestly, it feels quite patronising for someone who is not from one of the Asian countries to say it was their culture, rather than the enormous effort and clear govt action, that saved the day
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It's also ridiculously fatalistic for people to say that if their culture isn't like that of South Korea there's no way this could've been avoided. I promise you, Sydney is not much like Seoul, but we're both doing well
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Seoul is one of the best cities in the world FYI, I cannot wait until travel restarts so I can go back!
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And learning from their experiences with SARS and MERS
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I think successful counties have at least one thing in common: They have taken it seriously from erly on and have a goal (either
#ZeroCovid or max suppression). They act proactive and quickly. They do not act by the insane pattern of "Don't act as long enough beds are free".Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Uruguay has long been on the top of my bucket list for future travel. Their response to covid has only strengthened my determination to visit there when we can travel again!
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You can add Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Finland, until recently Baltic countries, Aruba, Senegal... Confucian indeed ;)
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This is just ridiculous - many countries with many cultures have done well, by:
a) sticking to the science
b) acting early and often