... so far. I’m thinking countries which had high numbers relative to their population but, in contrast to the vast majority of other countries, actually managed to get and stay on top of things. Which countries would meet that criteria? Well, from brief look at stats I think certainly China and South Korea. Possibly Malaysia. And that’s about it.
China, for example, had cases in the low thousands for quite a while but has basically not gone above double figures since the beginning of March. The spike in Beijing a month or two ago was no more than an isolated puddle in the end.
At the beginning of July, 10 million students in China safely sat their university entrance exams (their A-levels) and the country has been virtually mask free for a good two months. People are shopping and eating in restaurants, going to domestic leisure spots etc mask free across the vast majority of the country and have been doing so for a couple of months now.
(As an aside, it’s interesting how the Western media has gone pretty silent on China in this regard, only occasionally showing a picture of people wearing masks in Beijing - could it be because that is the only city among China’s 200 cities where masks are still commonplace?Surely not!)
Anyway, I’d be interested to hear from anyone, particularly those who are/were recently living in China and S.Korea recently, what in your opinion allowed their government/society to succeed in controlling it. What did they get right that every other country seems to have failed to do?