Not only is this not correct, it’s a great disservice to one area these countries excelled: the science. They had scientists who understood airborne transmission and key role of ventilation and superspreading early on, along with explaining correctly reason for masks.https://twitter.com/NickKristof/status/1324875370542358529 …
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Also by the way there are many ways in which we failed spectacularly, but Europe is not doing great either. In someways, worse. And there are a lot of non-Asian countries that are doing well. The western malaise is broad, and isn’t limited to the outgoing (!) administration.
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Psst..Sweden is known as the most social cohesive nation and "science"-led in the western hemisphere. Or was, perhaps.
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This is correct, but us their neighbour, Norway, has handled covid very well IMHO. The thing is, in a cohesive natiin the leadership matters a lot. We trust the scientists, so we need them to be right. Not a bad apple like Tengell.
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I've been working on the Japanese case and it's not quite as clear as that and there has been a lot more luck and trial and error but, in general, yes, I agree.
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For example I know Japanese mass media is way better at explaining complex topics than American mass media
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Really? I lived there for 7 years & found the media, all of it, very structured & obedient.
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Conversely, New Zealand doesn't have the same strength of medical research as, say, Taiwan or South Korea. We don't have Confucianism as a tradition. But we're much more willing to take collective action than other Western countries, apparently. The collectivism is the magic!
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But it's not "ethnic"magic.
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E Asian scientists figured out virus properties under huge uncertainty of January; made mistakes & corrected them. How would things be now if control strategy in Xi's pivotal Feb 3rd speech was read & acted upon in other countries? https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=zh-CN&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.xinhuanet.com%2Fpolitics%2F2020-02%2F15%2Fc_1125578886.htm … https://twitter.com/70sBachchan/status/1295963308890128385 …pic.twitter.com/UAtCuDaO8w
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Those governments tended to treat the public like adults capable of responsible decision-making based on accurate scientific info rather than like children who can only handle simplistic messages & who need to be scared into submission & are blamed for anything that goes wrong.
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