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And is it so different from loads of other countries, where all the families are very close, with Grandparents living with the families, or in the same area, mixing on a frequent basis?
I have experience of far eastern customs and cultures, notably Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and The Philippines.
The culture of families living close together is very similar, BUT,
Vietnam - 5 deaths from Covid, 100,000,000 population, .
Cambodia - no deaths from Covid, population 16,000,000.
Laos - 0 deaths from Covid,
Philipines 2,000 deaths, population 110,000,000
So obviously the culture of families living close together does not appear to be a factor.
I was interested to see why some of the countries he mentioned have had a good result, following Himmy's post saying that family set up has nothing to do with it.
Himmy didn't take into account several factors.
They locked down quick, instantly. They stopped foreign tourists. Some of the countries have a lot of remote areas, where people live far away from each other. Some of the inhabitants are too poor to travel anyway, therefore limiting catching Covid from overseas. In some cases, they had great tracing systems. The people were very good at wearing masks, instantly.
Whereas...
Iran reacted slowly, it didn't shut down mosques, ask people to wear masks, and like the UK, didn't introduce other restrictions fast enough because of fear of affecting the economy. They didn't test enough people and they're now experiencing a huge surge because they opened up the country again.
So I think Himmy is comparing apples and pears. The success of some countries, like NZ, is down to how they handled the pandemic from the start.
I also think that Himmy should read this about the spread within family clusters:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7177072/
Perhaps then he'd stop calling people prejudice? Ha ha ha ha, ok, perhaps not.