South Korea has had 2044 deaths, out of 51.7 million people. That's a death rate surely under the usual "flu and pneumonia" rate.
I don't understand, I really don't. I anybody can explain, I'd very much appreciate.
I don't understand, I really don't. I anybody can explain, I'd very much appreciate.
South Korea is 329.92 per 100,000 people
California is 9,712.28 per 100,000 people
France is 9,002.09 per 100,000 people
England is 8,004.18 per 100,000 people
Finland is 1,772.60 per 100,000 people
Taiwan, which also was hit hard by SARS... 64.13 per 100,000 people.
These people have already been through respiratory epidemics in their lifetime, and they were prepared.
Remember in bad covid what we observe is vascular system failure, and we know that chronic hyperglycemia damages blood vessels. Combine that with non functional immune systems and this is what you get.
Spain and Italy have both held the titles of "healthiest country in the world" in recent years.
All three have incidence rates more than an order of magnitude larger than South Korea.
Wearing respiratory protection equipment protects against respiratory contaminants. Testing people and tracing contacts helps to contain outbreaks. The answer is really that simple. South Korea was one of (if not) the first countries to start an aggressive testing and tracing program.
On TV, I watched their citizens line up in cars at mass testing sites months before my multi-billion-dollar healthcare conglomerate here in the US even had testing available at all.
But regardless, South Korea acted way quicker than any western democracy to test and trace.
Sometimes, public health is in the hands of the public.
Source: live in Paris
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_Middle_East_respiratory_s...
Government response is a critical part of handling these diseases. We just spent a whole year running this experiment globally.
Furthermore, Schengen. SK are for all intents and purposes an island, and everything and everyone must come by either boat or plane, which helps with control.
It's also "optics" which is mainly psychological.
I spent last December in London and saw scant respect for the rules during the second wave. A minority of people wore masks, and few of those wore them properly. I was invited to a few house parties and festive gatherings.
Then I spent January in Paris IIIe where mask compliance was much better, but the streets and supermarkets were heaving before the daily curfew. Squeezing down aisles to buy supplies for dinner. Friends publicly complied with the rules but had big house parties every weekend.
I departed in shock and with an understanding of the European case numbers. There was no discipline, everyone seemed too fed up and bored to care anymore. Abstract anonymous others be damned.
Returning to zeroth world east Asia was a relief. Everyone, and I mean 100% of everyone, wears masks properly.
That originally happened before any official requirement. People go out when there are zero cases, but when a community transmission case happens the streets go quiet for a while, cases disappear, then nearly normal life resumes.
While health might play a part, discipline, a sense of community respect, and a competent administration seem far more important.
Why, you ask? Well I was living in Hawaii during the pandemic, we're Americans, and we had very similar results through the end of June 2020, nearly extirpated the virus in fact.
Unfortunately the US Military couldn't be compelled to follow restrictions, and a huge outbreak in Pearl Harbor escaped containment and ruined all that hard work.