How come you don't live in one of those tiny countries anyway? You seem to be a perfectly compliant little Comrade. Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't "much smaller" mean that they are much smaller in both population and geography? You do realize that the USA, which might even be a country that you reside in, has tested more people than all other countries, chite-hole or otherwise, combined. Right? Try to keep up here.
Originally Posted by Why_Yes_I_Do
The first four countries below have higher population density and much more person-to-person contact with China than the United States. Hong Kong and Singapore have higher population density than New York City.
South Korea -
Deaths: 246
Population: 51,171,706
5 deaths per million population
Singapore -
Deaths: 14
Population: 5,804,000
2.4 deaths per million
Taiwan -
Deaths: 6
Population: 23,726,460
0.25 deaths per million
Hong Kong -
Deaths: 4
Population: 7,371,000
0.54 deaths per million
New Zealand -
Deaths: 19
Population: 4,743,131
4 deaths per million
United States -
Deaths: 58,955
Population: 327,096,000
180 deaths per million
New York City (for comparison to Hong Kong and Singapore)
Deaths: 12,509
Population: 8,400,000
1489 deaths per million
So mandatory testing, multiple times, for 330M people and contact tracing of all persons, followed by separating families. Is that your proposal? What is that based on? Appears that does include me and everyone else.
Originally Posted by Why_Yes_I_Do
Nobody's proposing testing 330 million Americans multiple times. You test people with symptoms, then follow up with tracing and testing of contacts. And nobody's separating families, except maybe China and Vietnam.
Masks, testing, and tracing are how the first four countries above did so well compared to us. If we don't implement this, it's going to cost a lot more money and lives. If we don't, you're going to see NYC recreated in other places and we'll be looking at massive lockdowns all over again.