28-01-2021, 01:30 PM
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Re: Chinese Coronavirus
As I see it, every country has its own particular set of circumstances why the virus acts like it does.
For example: Australia's death rates and infection stats are very impressive, however, I don't think it's all down to the strict and swift action by the authorities.
Australia is in a unique position miles away from anywhere, and visitors can easily be controlled and quarantined, there isn't all that many visitors compared to the UK and Europe.
The UK on the other hand has thousands of lorries visiting the country daily, and permeating to the four corners of the mainland to supply just about everything we need (and a few things we don't need like Covid) since most of our stuff comes from abroad instead of being produced in house. Most of Europe operates in a similar way, making the spread of the virus from country to country far easier than it would be in a country virtually isolated in the South Pacific.
The population of Australia lives around the edges of the country, which is divided into states, and each state seems to be independent of each other, making it far easier to isolate and contain the virus.
As discussed before, the climate is not conducive to the spread of the virus, so it becomes far easier to keep the spread under control. There is also the vitamin D connection, due to the outdoor living style of our antipodean friends, the downside of this though, is the extremely high levels of skin cancer in Australia. Even though the figures are low in Aus, the bulk of those figures occurred during their winter. So before some Australians start patting themselves on the back, they should consider some of the real reasons why the figures are as they are.
I don't think it takes an expensive and labour intensive investigation to discover the things I have mentioned. Common sense really.