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Originally Posted by island911
If Sweden Did it wrong...
What country Did it right?
And HOW did they do it right?
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S, Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, Japan, Thailand, Vietnam, probably had the most effective response. This is reflected in some of the lowest death/million rates anywhere in the world.
They recognized this pandemic for what it is very early because most had experience with SARS. They shut down travel very quickly, most donned masks early, and they got very aggressive with testing, contact tracing, and quarantine so they could identify clusters of infection, cut them off from the general population, and rapidly contain community spread. Acting quickly and aggressively allowed most of these to avoid a complete lockdown although most bars and large indoor gatherings were halted and a large percentage of the population worked from home.
https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2020-08-07/us-health-chief-to-visit-taiwan-a-covid-19-success-story
https://ourworldindata.org/covid-exemplar-south-korea