[cwhiz]

I specifically said Europe. You all are the ones who continue to move the goalposts.

In context of the European response Sweden is doing just fine. Japan and Korea have a different culture around surveillance than people in America or Europe. What worked in those two countries isn't relevant because Europeans and Americans reject that kind of surveillance.

Sweden has done about as well as any other western country in regard to the coronavirus and they did it without ruining their economy.

Sometimes I think people here on HN are just hoping the economy will tank.

[claudeganon]

I honestly hope the economy gets back to normal, I just think you need to have a rational and thorough response, like South Korea and Taiwan in order to do that. Otherwise, you’re talking about the possibility of regionally endemic disease with sporadic flare-ups that’s constantly throwing things off course.

You also can’t really shift goal posts comparing Taiwan to Sweden because we’re talking about a global pandemic that originated in China. It honestly doesn’t matter who’s doing best in Europe if people are better off in SE Asia, both in terms of economic damage and that caused by disease. Hand-waiving at “cultural differences” seems mostly an excuse because there is as much difference in culture between the high-performing countries in Asia as there is between the low-performing ones in Europe.

[cygx]

If "doing just fine" is code for "5-10 times worse than their nearest neighbours" (in terms of deaths per capita), sure.