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Epidemiologist. Writer (Guardian, Observer etc). "Well known research trouble-maker". PhDing at @UoW Host of @senscipod Email gidmk.healthnerd@gmail.com he/him

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    Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 7 Nov 2020

    Health Nerd Retweeted Nicholas Kristof

    Ah yes, the strong Confucian ethic of Australia, Uruguay, New Zealand, and Uganda 🙄 This is just ridiculous - many countries with many cultures have done well, by: a) sticking to the science b) acting early and oftenhttps://twitter.com/NickKristof/status/1324875370542358529 …

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    Nicholas KristofVerified account @NickKristof
    This is exactly right. Countries with high cohesion, with strong sense of community and interpersonal ethical obligation, have managed Covid-19 well; Japan, S Korea, Taiwan, Vietnam, other Confucian societies are all examples. One metric of cohesion is willingness to wear masks. https://twitter.com/DrTomFrieden/status/1324828064342310913 …
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      2. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 7 Nov 2020

        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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      3. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 7 Nov 2020

        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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      4. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 7 Nov 2020

        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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      1. Matthewsmusings‏ @matthewmusing 7 Nov 2020
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        And learning from their experiences with SARS and MERS

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      1. Andreas Prucha  🔴 🟡‏ @AndreasPrucha 7 Nov 2020
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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".

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      2. Tracy  🇨🇦‏ @ntyravgdramaqun 8 Nov 2020
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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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      2. Romain Martin‏ @RomainMartinIO 7 Nov 2020
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        You can add Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Finland, until recently Baltic countries, Aruba, Senegal... Confucian indeed ;)

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      1. Zara  👩🏻‍🔬 👩🏻‍⚕️ 🚨 🦠 🧠 ☠️ 🚨‏ @ZiikZiiii 7 Nov 2020
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