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by user_50123890 2242 days ago
Hahaha people on Scandinavian social media think _South Korea_ and _Hong Kong_ are faking their case numbers and refuse to believe the virus is actually easily possible to contain.

Somehow lots of them believe their governments are acting competently and that herd immunity is "the only way to stop the epidemic".

This virus is probably the first visible sign that Western countries have fallen from their grace, and that the Asian century has begun.

2 comments

I wouldn't go so far.

I see it more as "freedom even at the expense of lives". The west for the first time in a long time, is being asked what the value of a life is.

Is freedom to roam during a pandemic, worth the aggregated loss of life it causes ?

The question has been lingering around with ecological damage done by our lifestyles and the anti-intellectualism/ anti-vax movement, which is allowed free reign in many places. But, Covid has brought it into focus.

I have heard enough about India super-power 2040, to know that anyone who claims to know what the future holds is either lying, under informed, has an agenda or all 3.

Why? Norway and esp. Finland are doing very well. Australia (not Scandinavia, but very much West) is doing even better. There must be some difference in strains around the world.