Ten countries kept out Covid, but did they win?
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Re: Ten countries kept out Covid, but did they win?
#2A drop of only 5-10% in GDP? They won.
They're tiny isolated islands with tourism as a major industry. How's New Zealand doing?
Re: Ten countries kept out Covid, but did they win?
#3I don’t understand how people can see a global response and repercussions like this and then politicize their local government’s attempt to keep the R0 below 2.5.
Re: Ten countries kept out Covid, but did they win?
#4Win? What do they plan on doing without a vaccine? Stay shutin forever?
Re: Ten countries kept out Covid, but did they win?
#5A drop of only 5-10% in GDP? They won. They're tiny isolated islands with tourism as a major industry. How's New Zealand doing?
“I think they have to start reopening again – maybe have travel bubbles with New Zealand and countries like that,” he says. “Otherwise, no one can survive here.”
Sounds like there might not be much of a tourist industry left if they stay closed entirely.
Looks like Palau lost 40% of it's GDP with the loss of 100% of tourism.
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#6I don’t understand how people can see a global response and repercussions like this and then politicize their local government’s attempt to keep the R0 below 2.5.
It seems to be a messed up human tendency to turn their negatives into an identifier and the identifier into a positive. Essentially because they don't want to face up to the possibility of a mistake or that they could be better. So it is far easier to not only just say 'this is fine' while their house burns down around them but that people with non-flaming houses 'don't know what they are missing'.
Re: Ten countries kept out Covid, but did they win?
#7Seeing as all these terrible economic outcomes would happen whether or not the virus infected the population, I think this is a pretty solid win and a poor article title.
Re: Ten countries kept out Covid, but did they win?
#8I don’t understand how people can see a global response and repercussions like this and then politicize their local government’s attempt to keep the R0 below 2.5.
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Re: Ten countries kept out Covid, but did they win?
#9Seeing as all these terrible economic outcomes would happen whether or not the virus infected the population, I think this is a pretty solid win and a poor article title.
Most of the terrible economic outcomes have been due to the lockdowns not the actual deaths. Losing 1% of the population isn't a massive economic blow when that 1% is predominantly composed of no and low income groups, it is however a moral blow. The difference is important however because, while early on total lock-downs made sense, the reality is that if only 1% of the population is at risk of death then the other 99% should be working to minimize the cost of supporting the most vulnerable in countries where a full viral suppression is unlikely.
Re: Ten countries kept out Covid, but did they win?
#10Seeing as all these terrible economic outcomes would happen whether or not the virus infected the population, I think this is a pretty solid win and a poor article title.
Right, if Palau's borders opened, there wouldn't necessarily be cruise ships showing up there.