Just-so storytelling about places that avoid coronavirus is proving to be an irresistible journalistic form. Here's a fawning profile of Kerala's "rock star" health minister, who sounds awesome. Kerala has had only four deaths for 35 million people.https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/14/the-coronavirus-slayer-how-keralas-rock-star-health-minister-helped-save-it-from-covid-19 …
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But the state of Bihar, whose level of misgovernment would be comical if it weren't so damaging to people's lives, the death toll out of 99 million people stands at seven. https://thewire.in/politics/bihar-lockdown-migrant-workers ….
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Here's an article chastising the west for underestimating the hardy people of Thailand, even as the author admits the unusually low case load in the Mekong region is a mystery.https://asialink.unimelb.edu.au/insights/covid-in-thailand-failed-and-foolhardy-predictions …
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