[braythwayt]

But you are excused, you don't have to comment at all.

But since you did comment, are you certain that lack of immigration and "warmth" explain the discrepancy between their results and America's? Or Italy's? Or Canada's? Or (as another commentator points out) British Columbia?

Please go into more detail about the relative impact of these factors, and why you think they are more important than the choices New Zealand made.

[rhino369]

Warmth is still an open question, but generally coronaviruses spread much slower in warm weather.

Chinese immigrants visiting family for Chinese new year were a large source of initial infections in America, Canada, and Italy.

[lonelappde]

Australia has many Chinese people. Does New Zealand?

[TylerE]

Not especially. It's about 4% of the population.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_New_Zealand#Et...

[rriepe]

It's not "warmth" but Summer. Drop the smug attitude and fairly compare it to other places in the Southern hemisphere. It's not a simple climate difference but an inversion of seasons.

[jgon]

British Columbia is part of Canada and thus borders America. It has a city of ~3 million people (Vancouver), which is an hour's drive from Seattle (pop ~4 million) and the US west coast. It has one of the most active ports in North America and is a jumping off point for cruise ships, overseas travel to Asia and numerous other flows of people and good. The other user is making a fairly dishonest comparison of BC and New Zealand by looking just at population and none of the other factors that have led to the differing results during the pandemic.

[braythwayt]

Accusing people of dishonesty is not aligned with the HN guidelines. If you disagree with their point of view, perhaps criticize the comment on its merits, rather than accusing a fellow contributor of dishonesty.

[TylerE]

There's a difference between accusing the contributor of being dishonest and saying the argument is dishonest - e.g. ignoring central contridictory facts.